Canterbury has a city population around 44, 000, and the council population around 135,000. It home at Kent University, founded in 1964 and Canterbury Christ Church University, founded in 2005. There is the assessment since prehistoric times. To agree cathedral is the burial place of King Henry IV and of Edward the Black Prince is most famous as the scene of the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 as a result of this murder. Country became a major pilgrimage site, inspiring Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales in 1387. Tourism contributes £ 258 million to the Canterbury economy and has been a "cornerstone of the local economy" for a number of years.