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Ducking Stool in the distance Weaver's House in the foreground      Weaver's House

Weavers' Houses  (Two photographs immediately above) Huguenot refugees escaping religious persecution came to south England from Flanders (now part of Belgium).  Many of them settled in Canterbury, where they were given the right to trade by Queen Elizabeth the First.  They brought with them their weaving and textile-producing skills.  The wealth generated by the new industries helped to replace the income that had previously been generated by visiting pilgrims but which was lost after the abolition of Catholicism by Henry VIII.  There are several Tudor-style houses along St. Peter's Street which used to be used by the weavers.  The buildings are now used as restaurants.		 Corner of Butchery Lane

Butchery Lane
Ducking Stool  
Almost in the centre of the above photograph is what appears to be a log projecting out over the canal from the left-hand side of the photograph.  Upon the end of that log shape is the ducking stool.  A ducking stool was a form of punishment and also a way of testing if someone was a witch.  A person was strapped into the chair, which was then submerged under the water.  If the person was a witch, she would survive, and she would be killed.  If she wasn't a witch, then she would drown, but at least her name was cleared ...

One of the branches of the River Stour runs next to the weavers' houses (situated on the left-hand side of the photograph).  Guided boat tours leave from next to the Ducking Stool in the garden of The Old Weavers House.		 Long view of Butchery Lane Butchery Lane  The photograph to the left and to the right depict Butchery Lane, looking both up and down the laneway. Long view of Butchery Lane in the other direction

 

  The Sun Hotel The Sun Hotel  The Sun Hotel was built in 1503 and was formerly known as The Little Inn, made famous by Charles Dickens in his travels thro' Kent.

 

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