Nicholas Clagett, Dean of Rochester 1723-1731
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A brief biography of Dean Nicholas Clagett by David A. H. Cleggett.
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Great West Door Portal, c.1150
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Dozens of dragons, chimera, disgorging beasts and other grotesques encode worldly sins and dangers as preached by the Church in the mid-C12th, ‘othered’ and outside of the sanctity and mission within.
Read MoreThomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester 1684-1713
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David A. H. Cleggett provides a bref biography of Bishop Thomas Sprat, fellow and author of History of the Royal Society.
Read MoreDating the Gundulf Door, c.1080
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Tim Tatton-Brown and Dr. Jane Geddes investigate the remarkable ‘Gundulf Door’, dendrochronologically dated as one of the oldest doors in the country.
Read MoreRochester Bridge, c.300-1381
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Paul Oldham, Senior Warden Rochester Bridge Trust, tells the story of the first bridge at Rochester built by the Romans and maintained for over 1000 years until its eventual destruction and replacement by the late-medieval bridge.
Read MoreJesus altar archway, 13th century
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Tim Tatton-Brown reports on some small-scale archaeological investigations in August 2000 in advance of the production of the fresco in the eastern archway of the greater North Transept.
Read MoreThe bells and bell towers in the early thirteenth century
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Colin Flight pieces together the evidence for the bells and bell towers of the Cathedral in the early thirteenth century.
Read MoreCathedral inventories
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Carolyn Foreman investigates the historic inventories of the Dean & Chapter.
Read MoreSir George Gilbert Scott furnishings, c. 1875
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Carolyn Foreman studies the liturgical furnishing designed by prominent architect Sir George Gilbert Scott during the major works at the Cathedral in the 1870s.
Read MoreEarly saints and celebrations at Rochester
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Mary P. Richards investigates the cults of Saint Paulinus and Ithamar.
Read MoreThe clergy and their library
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Canterbury Cathedral Librarian Sheila Hingley studies the development of Rochester Cathedral Chapter Library from before the dissolution through the Early Modern Period.
Read MoreArchaeology and Rochester Cathedral
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Tim Tatton-Brown reviews the archaeological and historical evidence at Rochester Cathedral.
Read MorePhelips Lodge,
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Chris Hebron reports on archaeological investigations at the late-medieval Phelip’s Lodge to the north of the Cathedral.
Read MoreWalter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester 1274-1277
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John Melhuish explores the episcopacy of Bishop Walter de Merton. Featured in The Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Report for 1997-1998.
Read MoreThe eastern crypt, c.1170
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Tim Tatton-Brown reports on excavations in the eastern crypt, otherwise known as the Ithamar Chapel.
Read MoreFaith and Fabric: A History of Rochester Cathedral 604-1991
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Tim Tatton-Brown reviews Faith and Fabric, edited by Nigel Yates and Paul Weisby and published by the Boydell Press and Friends of Rochester Cathedral.
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 MoreBishops of Rochester at Westminster
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John Physick studies the careers of four bishops over the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries that also served as the Dean of Westminster.
Read MoreSinging chorister fragment, 12th century
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Jeffrey West studies a fragment from the West Facade featuring a singing head.
Read MoreChoir stalls and associated furniture, 13th century
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Charles Tracy studies the exceptional early thirteenth century choir stalls and associated timber furniture, with drawings and carpentry notes by Cecil Hewett.
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