More information : (TR 15685679) Hospital (GT) (site of). (1) The Hospital of St Lawrence, Canterbury, an almshouse type, was founded in 1137 and dissolved in 1557. The remains are extremely scanty and the site is marked by a short length of ancient flint wall on the south side of the Dover road, 100 yards west of the entrance to the County Cricket ground. (2-3) The walling, centred at TR 15695680 and incorporated into the garden wall of 136 Old Dover Road, contains much reused material, including worked stone. At the south end there is a blocked gateway with piers of knapped flint and stone and including Tudor brick quoins. The owner states the garden is free of any traces of the hospital. (4)
Additional bibliography. (5) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (6-7)
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