Heritage Officer Jacob Scott traces a large stone crucifix featuring prominently in historic photos of the Lapidarium collection, now tentatively identified as the finial once adorning the apex of the South Quire Transept overlooking the High Street.
Read MoreIeva Stradina’s in-depth conservation report of one of five Somer family heralds reveals the story behind a tomb destroyed around the time of the English Civil War.
Read MoreA battered plaster statuette of Christ bearing the crucifix would once have sat atop a tomb, although its provenance is currently unknown.
Read MoreThese arms belong to the Cayley family of Brompton Yorkshire, who were created baronets in 1661.
Read MoreA previously unrecorded thirteenth-century altar slab identified within a garden feature at King’s Orchard.
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Rochester Cathedral
The Chapter Office
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