Fourth of July parade, 1928 Old Canterbury/Plainfield bridge in winter, c.1920 Canterbury Green looking to the northeast, c.1950 Setting the Rochambeau Memorial March marker, May 2006 The Willoughby house at the intersection of Routes 14 & 169, c.1930 Walter Papuga at his Westminster Hill Store, c.1960 Preserving the Cleaveland Cemetery gate, 1976 The Asa Bacon Homestead, c.1900 Recess at the Green School, c. early 1900s Carpenter's hoops ready for delivery, c.1920s Calvary Chapel, c.1940s Butts Bridge under construction, 1936 Near Old RT 14 Quinebaug Bridge, c.1912 Arthur Bennett's sawmill, c.1920 Charles Barstow with buggy, c. early 1900s John Warner Barber print of Canterbury Green, 1835 Jonathan Wheeler House -- built 1760 Dr. Helen Baldwin & family, c.1945 The Flood of August 1955
link to Gift Shop link to contact page link to the CHS archives link to links page link to the gallery page link to projects page link to news page link to events page link to information about the Canterbury Historical Society link to home page
 
LINKS TO SITES OF INTEREST
 
 
Historical Organizations and Websites
 
  Connecticut's Heritage Gateway -(http://www.ctheritage.org/)
By the Connecticut Humanities Council. On this site, also see Connecticut History Resources, and A Canterbury Tale: A Document Package for Connecticut's Prudence Crandall Affair. 		 
   
 
  Connecticut History Online - (http://www.cthistoryonline.org/)
A collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society 		 
   
 
  Connecticut Historical Society - (http://www.chs.org)
A nonprofit museum, library, and education center		  
   
 
  Finnish American Heritage Society - (http://www.fahs-ct.org)
Of Canterbury, Connecticut, a nonprofit corporation committed to the preservation of Finnish-American heritage 		 
   
 
  Killingly Historical Society - (http://www.killinglyhistory.org)
A nearby historical society that offers genealogical research services 		 
   
 
  Plainfield Historical Society - (http://www.plainfieldhistory.org/)
Canterbury was part of Plainfield until 1703 		 
   
 
  Prudence Crandall Museum - (http://www.chc.state.ct.us/crandall museum.htm)
New England's first academy for black girls 		 
 
 
 
Genealogy
 
 

Windham County Genealogy Site (http://users.rcn.com/lmerrell/windham.html)
Connecticut GenWeb Project

  
 
 
 

Canterbury Death Records (http://users.rcn.com/lmerrell/cantdeaths.html)
From the Barbour Collection at the Connecticut State Library

  
 
 
 

Heritage Quest Online (http://www.heritagequestonline.com)

 
 
 
  Connecticut Gravestone Network (http://www.ctgravestones.com/)  
 
 
  Connecticut Genealogy (http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com/)  
  Source of content of the following links:
History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889		  
     Canterbury Connecticut local history:       (http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com/windham/canterbury.htm)
  
     Canterbury Connecticut after the Revolution:       (http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com/windham/canterbury_post_revolutionary.htm)
  
     Canterbury Connecticut church history:     (http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com/windham/canterbury_connecticut_church_history.htm)
  
     Canterbury Connecticut biographies:       (http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com/windham/canterbury_connecticut_biographies.htm)
  
 
 
 

Quiet Corner Links

 
 

Canterbury, Connecticut (http://www.munic.state.ct.us/CANTERBURY)
Official town website

  
 
 
 

Connecticut Quiet Corner Website (http://www.ctquietcorner.org)

 
 
 
 

Green Valley Institute (http://thelastgreenvalley.org/gvi/)

 
 
 
 

Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor (http://www.thelastgreenvalley.org)

 
 
 
 
Additional Resources
 
  iConn Connecticut Digital Library (http://www.iconn.org/)
 

Access requires entering a Connecticut library card number.
This site provides many links, including "Historical Hartford Courant (1764-1922)." To access old Hartford Courants, follow these steps:

  1. Go to www.iConn.org.
  2. Enter your 14-digit Connecticut library barcode number.
  3. Click on "Select iCONN Resources."
  4. Under the heading of "Newspapers," click on "Historical Hartford Courant."
 
 

 

 
Cliff Williams with saw rig, c.1920s The Prudence Crandall House, c. early 1900s First Congregational Church, December 1963 First Congregational Church fire, December 1963 Ford (Fort) Ned remains, 2002 Frink & Wright Store, c.1930 Canterbury Grange, c. 1920s Teacher Happie K. Tracy, c. 1950s Fly rod maker Hiram Hawes, c. 1920s Henry Larkham & friend, c. 1900s Canterbury Plains, c. early 1900s Statue of Moses Cleaveland in Cleveland, Ohio Bennett's skunk farm on Graff Road, c.1920s

 

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