Black plaque № 42545

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# Canterbury Province and 41 Charing Cross Standing before this unassuming address on one of London's most bustling thoroughfares, you're witnessing the birthplace of an entire province on the other side of the world. In March 1848, the Canterbury Association convened at this very spot—41 Charing C...

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Canterbury Province New Zealand In March 1848 on this site formerly 41 Charing Cross the Canterbury Association met and planned the settlement of the province founded on the 16 December 1830 by English settlers led by John Robert Godley.