Mary Tourtel
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Mary Tourtel was a British artist and creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally.
Plaque in Ivy Lane, Canterbury, marking the place where Tourtel spent her final years
The Church of St Martin is a Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England. It is known for being the oldest existing church in the English-speaking world and the oldest English church buildi
Mary Tourtel
…74, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, a week after she collapsed in Canterbury High Street from a brain tumour. She was buried with her husband at St Martin's Church, Canterbury; they had no children but travelled the world together. An Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was published on Tourtel in 2004…
St Martin's Church
St Bertha of Kent wooden statue, south wall of the church
Roman bricks in the chancel wall
West elevation