St Martin's Church built

600 CE.

Shown on the map at 51.278°, 1.094°.

The Church of St Martin is a Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England. It is known for being the oldest existing church in the English-speaking world and the oldest English church building still in ecclesiastical use. The church is, along with Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey, part of a World Heritage Site. Since 1668, the church has been part of the benefice of St Martin and St Paul Canterbury.

Text from the Wikipedia article St Martin's Church, Canterbury, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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