The splendid Alluvia statue, commissioned by CCS, created by world famous artist Jason deCares Taylor and installed in the River Stour neat the Westgate, is up for a prestigious award. […]

On 4 September 2025 the Lord Mayor unveiled eight blue plaques on the Longport wall of St Augustine’s Abbey. The Society worked with the Canterbury Society and the Nubian Jak […]

The Canterbury Commemoration Society is planning a second round of blue plaques for the City of Canterbury. We welcome your suggestions. If you would like to propose a person (worthy […]

The CCS 2024-25 season ended on Wednesday 2 July with a brief, well-attended AGM, presided over by President Paul Roberts, and a splendid presentation by Jane Jones on ‘Mary Moders, […]

Our highly successful Summer Fundraising Party and Raffle on Friday 27 June began with live music from Evelyn Cornell and Brian McHenry’s fascinating tour-talk of St Augustine’s. Then followed a […]

On 8 June 2025, CCS Secretary Rev Brian McHenry organised a ceremony in Canterbury City Cemetery to mark the unveiling of a plaque telling the story of the WW2 civilian […]

Despite increasing the number of tickets available, our annual summer fundraising party was sold out with over a month to go! We are hugely grateful to all those who have […]

On Tuesday 20 May the CCS Reading Group tackled Aphra Behn’s much under-rated drama, The Roundheads. Probably the first public performance of the work for several centuries, it proved extremely […]

Another CCS project comes to fruition. We are delighted to announce the installation of an information board in Canterbury cemetery explaining the simple gravestones of all those killed in the […]