I The cathedral and its properties in Canterbury and elsewhere ;. TRADE AN D
in Kent.  INDUSTRY
I The clergy, monks and lay personnel of the cathedral.
O The running of the medieval province of Canterbury when
there was no archbishop.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTO City ofCanterbury, 1155-1990.
CHARITIES AND
HOSPITALS
CHURCH RECORDS
COLLECTIONS
O Fordwich borough records, 1259-1907.
0 Parish council records, 1894-1991.
O Bridge Blean rural district council, 1 933-1 974.
O Herne Bay urban district council, 1877-1 974
0 Whitstable urban district council, 1856-1974.
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0 Maynard and Cotton’s Hospital, 1599-1891.
0 Nixon’s charity, 1 733-1860.
0 Strensham‘s charity, 1584-1846.
O Ann Smith's charity, 1 779-1930.
0 St'j’ohn’s Hospital, 1358-1962.
I Eastbridge Hospital, 1 150-1 968.
0 jesus Hospital, 1599-1 971.
O Canterbury Archdeaconry records, 1200-1 992.
0 Canterbury Diocesan records, 1364-1985.
I Canterbury Congregational Church, 1645-1960.
0 Canterbury Methodist Church, 1492-1860.
O W/ingham Congregational Church, 1817-195
0 Canterbury French Church, 1576-1836.
O Bargrave collection of artefacts c 1660.
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SCHOOLS AND
EDUCATION
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FAMILY AND ESTATE
RECORDS
BOOKS AND
PRINTED MATERIAL
I Woollen Drapers and Tailors Company, 1545-1970.
0 Maylam and Maylam, solicitors, 1665-1918.
O Holman Brothers, engineers, 1855-1969.
O Post Oflice Engineering Union, 1928-1938.
O Kingsford and Wightwick, solicitors, 1611-1934.
Q Ash family brewery, 1857-1910.
0 Parish schools in the Archdeaconry of Canterbury.
O Canterbury Cathedral Choir School, 1920-1970.
0 Canterbury Diocesan Board of Education, 1838-1 920.
O St Augustine's Missionary College, 1850-1980.
O Broad Street Schools, Canterbury, 181 1-1 932.
O Bridges family of Goodnestone Park, 1 755-1886.
0 Halesfamily, 1272-1876.
0 Oxenden family of Barham, 1440-1867.
The archive office has close links with Canterbury Cathedral
Library which maintains, in addition to an important collection
of rare books, a large group of national and local history books
and pamphlets. These are available through catalogues in the
archives searchroom and online searches by the library stafi.
Dictionaries and books about
genealogy and heraldry are also
held, as well as almost all the major
printed national sources for
historians.
Access to the many old and rare
books in the library‘s collection is
by arrangement with the Cathedral
Librarian (tel. 0227 458950).