2-632-732 - Historic England/Aerofilms Collection/Heritage Images

Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, April 1947. Aerial photograph. Canterbury is the seat of the premier Archbishop of the Church of England, and the Cathedral has attracted pilgrims from an early date, most famously the characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The city was bombed heavily during the war, unmasking evidence of the Roman town that underlies the Canterbury we see today.