Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629
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A list of the Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629 by David Carder.
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Victorian stained glass windows→
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Lyndall Hacker and David Maxwell introduce the seventy-two brilliant stained glass windows of the Cathedral by prominent glaziers of the Victorian era.
Read MoreThe Font, designed by Thomas Earp c.1890
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Lyndall Hacker explores the Cathedral font by Thomas Earp, sculptor of the Eleanor Cross Monument in the forecourt of Charing Cross Station.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral, 1800 AD
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David A. H. Cleggett reviews Daniel Alexander's survey of the fabric and concerns around the 500-year old bell tower shortly before it was replaced in the 1820s.
Read MoreCottingham's Crossing Tower, 1825-1904
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David A. H. Cleggett investigates the short-lived tower erected by Lewis Nockall Cottingham in 1825 and replaced by the present 1904 tower and spire.
Read MoreIndex of fabric records, 1540-1984
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An index of maintenance, repair, alteration, restoration, decoration, furnishing and survey of the fabric by Diana Holbrooke (1994).
Read MoreCathedral Organs, 1185-1989
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Paul Hale studies the history of organs at Rochester Cathedral leading to the exceptional organ over the pulpitum taking much of its current form in 1875.
Read MoreVestments and textiles, 15th-20th century
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David Cleggett tells the story of ecclesiastical vestments as told through some of the exceptional items in the Cathedral collections.
Read MoreThe Old Deanery Garden sundail, 1825
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Mr Daniel, formerly of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, discusses a 19th-century sundail from the Old Deanery garden.
Read MoreSome glimpses into the Cathedral in the 19th century
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H.E.C.S. discusses three books in the Chapter Library collection that provide unique glimpses into the life at the Cathedral in the 19th century.
Read MoreHow the Victorians looked after Rochester Cathedral, 1825-1894
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A précis of an address to the Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Festival, held on 15 June 1974.
Read MoreRochester Choral Society, founded 1873
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A history of the society at the time of their centenary celebrations in 1973.
Read MoreThe King's School, Rochester, founded 604 AD
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Headmaster D. R. Vicary explores the long history of The King’s School, Rochester.
Read MoreSome of the Nave Monuments and their Sculptors, 18th-19th century
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Rupert Gunnis explores the sculptors behind some of the fine Renaissance-era marble monuments around the Nave.
Read MoreRobert Scott, Dean of Rochester 1870-1887
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The Rev. E. H. Dunkley explores the career of Dean Robert Scott, presiding at the time of Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the Cathedral in the 1870s.
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