While our Society is dedicated to the commemoration, preservation and celebration of the rich heritage of Canterbury and the surrounding area, we decry the destruction of heritage sites anywhere in […]

Our Vice Chair, Charlotte Cornell, who is working on Behn for her PhD at the University of Kent, gave a great talk last week to the newly formed local Aphra […]

The Canterbury Commemoration Society has worked closely with the Canterbury Society to choose, design and fund a new round of blue plaques commemorating significant people and events in the city’s […]

Our Canterbury Commemoration Society Chair, Stewart Ross, is Writer-in-Residence at Canterbury Academy. A Year 7 class working under his guidance is writing a new piece of historical fiction based on […]

On 27 January, at St Peter’s church, Canterbury,  the Society held an exciting event for its members and supporters. During the evening, Charlotte Cornell, our Vice Chair, spoke about Aphra […]

Last week our shortlisting committee met alongside representatives from the Aphra Behn education charity A is for Aphra and spent a great evening shortlisting 48 proposals for the Aphra Behn […]

The celebration of the life of Polly Coburn, a former trustee and a generous benefactor of the Society, took place at St Dunstan’s church on 10 November. Several former trustees, […]

Do you know a famous person who lived in Canterbury and whose life here should be commemorated with a Blue Plaque?  Or is there a famous event which deserves to […]

A New Vision of Canterbury’s Past Canterbury’s Tales of England is an ambitious plan to transform the presentation of Canterbury’s history. Canterbury Commemoration Society has arranged a 1.5 mile walk […]