Portraits, 17th-20th century
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The Chapter Library and Cathedral collections features a number of painted and printed portraits of former bishops, deans and Cathedral clergy.
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Early photographs, 19th-20th century
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The Cathedral architecture has featured in photographs since the mid-19th century, opening fascinating windows onto previous forms and arrangements of the building and Precinct.
Read MoreArchive reports, 1985-2019
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The care, conservation and investigation of Rochester Cathedral has been a project spanning decades. Follow links below to archive reports available on the Cathedral website, where available.
Read MoreSouth Sea Company investments, 1715-1720
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The archives of the Dean & Chapter include a collection of early 18th-century stock and dividend receipts and accounts evidencing an extensive financial legacy from investments in two of the largest slave-trading companies in history.
Read MoreBaptisms, marriages and burial registers
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Facsimile and transcriptions of the baptism, marriage and burial registers of Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreArchaeologia Cantiana
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Rochester Cathedral has featured in dozens of articles in the county archaeological journal Archaeologia Cantiana, now available on the Kent Archaeological Society website.
Read MoreBlack Boy Alley, Rochester
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‘Black Boy’ can be found in the names of many UK pubs, roads and pathways. Rochester’s Black Boy Alley has an origin back in the years after the English Civil War.
Read MoreCathedral inventories
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Carolyn Foreman investigates the historic inventories of the Dean & Chapter.
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 MoreNaval & Military Memorials of Rochester Cathedral
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Retired Colonel Roy J. Trett, OBE, TD was a member of the Cathedral community for many years. His research notes on those named in the military memorials are bound in 5 volumes in the Chapter Library.
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