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CANTERBURY

Volume 2 · 62 words · 1771 Edition

the capital city of Kent, fifty-five miles east of London; and sixteen north-west of Dover: E. long. 1° 15', N. lat. 51° 16'.

It is a county of itself, and the see of an archbishop, who is primate and metropolitan of all England. It is a large, populous, and trading city; has a good silk manufactory, and sends two members to parliament.