Christ Church Cathedral Canterbury in Kent, South East England ... The tower is the highest building in the city and its location in the valley floor means that it can be seen from surrounding higher ...

There was a belief that Becket’s blood, spilled on the floor of the Cathedral, had the power to heal the sick. Canterbury Cathedral became a popular pilgrimage site for people from across Europe.

then Archbishop of Canterbury in his own Cathedral in 1170 - the top of his head sliced clean off, his brains and blood spilling onto the floor. The perpetrators were four knights who believed ...