Canterbury (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Place names 1.1 In Australia 1.2 In Jamaica 1.3 In New Zealand 1.4 In the United Kingdom 1.5 In the United States 2 Other uses

Canterbury is a city located in the county of Kent in southeast England. It is also the name of various other places and place-related terms, mostly derived historically from the above town:

[edit] Place names

[edit] In Australia

• Canterbury, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
  • Electoral district of Canterbury, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Canterbury, Queensland, a small settlement
• Canterbury, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• City of Canterbury, New South Wales, a local government area of Sydney

[edit] In Jamaica

• Canterbury, Jamaica, a squatter suburb of Montego Bay

[edit] In New Zealand

• Canterbury, New Zealand, a region in the South Island
• Canterbury Plains
• Canterbury Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in the central Canterbury region
• University of Canterbury, a university located in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand

[edit] In the United Kingdom

• Canterbury Cathedral
• Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
• City of Canterbury, the local government district in Kent

[edit] In the United States

• Canterbury, Connecticut, a town in Connecticut
• Canterbury, New Hampshire, a town in New Hampshire
• Canterbury Park, a horse racing facility in Minnesota
• Canterbury School (Connecticut), a high school in Connecticut

[edit] Other uses

• Province of Canterbury, a part of the Church of England
  • Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Dean of Canterbury
• Canterbury (album), a 1983 album by Diamond Head
• Canterbury College, a number of colleges named thus
• Canterbury High School, numerous high schools named thus
• Canterbury of New Zealand, a New Zealand-based sports apparel company
• Canterbury scene, the British progressive music genre
• HMS Canterbury, several ships of the British navy
• HMNZS Canterbury (F421), a decommissioned New Zealand Navy frigate
• HMNZS Canterbury (L421), a multi-role vessel in the New Zealand Navy

• Bulldogs (rugby league team), an Australian rugby league team formerly known as 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs'
• The Canterbury Tales, a 14th century collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer
• 'Canterbury', a small piece of furniture made originally to house sheet music, also used for newspapers and magazines