Canterbury, Connecticut
Canterbury
is a small rural town in Northeastern Connecticut, originally part of the
town of Plainfield, it incorporated, as a separate town, in 1703.
Like it's neighbor to the north, Brooklyn, Canterbury's town center is filled with colonial era homes and churches.
On it's beautiful winding roads you can find unlimited miles of stonewalls, new and old and a variety of large, old barns. Canterbury is primarily a dairy farming community.
Looking
on your map, you will find Canterbury at the crossroads of Routes 14 and
169. Rte 169 has been designated a Connecticut State Scenic Road and a National
Scenic Byway.
It
connects Norwich to Brooklyn and points north on Rte 169 and Plainfield
to Willimantic, traveling east to west, on Rte. 14. Canterbury's small retail
and services shops are mostly located on Rte 14, west of the the Rte's 169
and 14 intersection.
It
is also at this intersection that you will find the Prudence Crandall House.
Prudence Crandall opened her school for Canterbury's female students in
the fall of 1831.
She is most famous for converting this school to one for African American females the year after it opened.
The Prudence Crandall House is now a museum open Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The museum offers a educational programs and a gift shop.
A
business worth traveling to Canterbury for is Hart's Greenhouse and Florist
Shop, located on RT 14.
They are proud that they grow 90% of the 1 million plants they sell each year.
They also own one of the first transplanting machines in Connecticut and are open 7 days a week, year round.
Hart's offers an amazing variety of house and garden plants.
Canterbury is also home to an excellent antique truck museum on Packer Road and one of the largest banquet halls in this part of Connecticut at Wrights Mill Farm.