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The Canterbury Try and Mitre Square: an Appreciation of its Proportions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

Frank Ball  and
Nancy Ball
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , September 1988 , pp. 294 - 301
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1988

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22 We are extremely grateful to the following for commenting upon the initial draft of this paper: Philip Crummy, Professor O. A. W. Dilke, T. W. T. Tatton-Brown, Professor J. Wacher and Dr G. Webster, O. B. E. Special thanks are due to T. W. T. Tatton-Brown, who made available a full-size drawing of the Canterbury square, and Professor J. Wacher who gave permission to use drawings from The Towns of Roman Britain.

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