Medieval architecture of West Malling Abbey (under construction)
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A 3D record of the medieval architecture of West Malling Abbey by Jacob Scott.
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Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres, 1737-1816
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A brief outline by Dr Jean Baker of the life and times of a remarkable but little-known woman (not an ancestor of hers) who played a significant role in the political, social and cultural evolution of Kent’s rapidly growing towns at the end of the eighteenth century.
Read MoreRochester Castle watergate, c.1380
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The north-west curtain wall of Rochester Castle forms a bastion, or projection, at the point where the medieval Rochester Bridge crossed the Medway. An excavation in 2017 revealed the watergate in the west face of the bastion for the first time in decades.
Read MoreRochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088
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Archaeologist Alan Ward discusses what we know - or what little we know - about Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf (1067-1088).
Read MoreJohn Newton (1725-1807)
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The Reverend Canon Dr Gordon Giles introduced prominent Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist John Newton. Talk delivered at the Black History Month event ‘The Amazing Grave of a Divine God’ at Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther (c. 1809-1981)
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The Reverend Belinda Beckhelling introduced Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther, the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. From the notes of Arnold Awoonor.
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 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 MoreWilliam de la Dene's Historia Roffensis→
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The Historia Roffensis (History of Rochester) is a biographical chronicle in Latin, written at Rochester Cathedral Priory and attributed to William de la Dene, a public notary who worked between 1317 and 1354.
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