TCEP Citizenship
City and County of Canterbury
In the year 1448, King Henry VI granted Canterbury a Royal Charter, decreeing that the City should be "of one Mayor and one commonalty, wholly corporate for ever". The Charter conferred County powers.
"For ever" came in 1974 with the implementation of local government reorganisation, ending five hundred and twenty-six years of independence for Canterbury from Kent.
Please sign the petition to restore the County Borough.
Canterbury Corporation established the first public library in Great Britain.
Thomas Becket
Justin Welby’s recent elevation to the post of ABC, as it is known in the profession, after only a year as a Bishop is not the fastest promotion in history to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas Becket arrived in two days from a standing start! Read about the early life of Thomas Becket.
The Great Rising
The tenth of June 2011 was the six hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the day in the year 1381 Wat Tyler, originally from Essex and living in Maidstone, led four thousand rebels to Canterbury, during the Great Rising which became better known as the Peasants' Revolt.
City of Bethlehem
The 24 December 2011 BBC News video report by John Donnison about the reducing number of shepherd's in Bethlehem and the difficulties encountered, is titled "Bethlehem shepherds giving up watching flocks".
Bethlehem University was founded in 1973 and is the first university established on the West Bank. The video Bethlehem University: Beacon of Hope outlines the type of student difficulty encountered.
1984 Ethiopian Famine
Watch Michael Buerk's BBC October 1984 report of the famine in Ethiopia which shocked the world.
Nobel Prize
Find out more about Alfred Nobel, the annual prizes he established in his will and how to nominate a person to receive a Nobel Prize.
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Copyright Richard West. Page updated 23 November 2012.