Medieval floor tiles
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A study of the medieval floor tiles of the Cathedral by Gerald Cramp and David Carder.
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J. M. W. Turner at Rochester Cathedral
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Graham Keevill, Cathedral Archaeologist studies two pencil sketches featuring Rochester Cathedral by J. M. W. Turner.
Read MoreThe Oxford Movement at Rochester Cathedral, 1895-1930
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David Cleggett examines the times of Bishop Edward Talbot, Bishop John Harmer and Dean John Storrs over the late 19th and early 20th century, a High Church period in the history of the Cathedral.
Read MoreGreat War organists, 1900-1930
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Simon Shreeve introduces the organists of Rochester Cathedral during the Great War: Bertram Luard-Selby, Charles Hylton Stuart and Hilda Milvain.
Read MoreWills of lay clerks Ricard Butler and Peter Bold, 16th century
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Andrew Ashbee explores the wills of two sixteenth-century lay clerks at the Cathedral, Richard Butler and Peter Bold, shining light on the first year of life at the Cathedral after the refoundation of the Cathedral in 1542.
Read MoreChallenges of the Great War, 1914-1918
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Geoff Ettridge explores the challenges faced to Cathedral life by the Great War.
Read MoreCathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629
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A list of the Cathedral Priors of Rochester from 1629 by David Carder.
Read MoreThe bishops of Rochester, from 604
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An analysis of the bishops of Rochester by the Revd John Prior and Alan McLean.
Read MoreGundulf, Bishop of Rochester 1077-1108
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An introduction to Gundulf, Rochester's Bishop from Normandy, with an introductory message from St Mary's Abbey, West Malling.
Read MoreBells, belfries and bellringing
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John K. Best-Shaw and Dagmar Batterbee introduce the history of bells and bellringing at Rochester Cathedral, with a foreword by Dean of Rochester Adrian Newman.
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 MoreDr John Harris DD, Prebendary 1707/8-1713/4
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The significant water damage throughout Textus and subsequent rebinding is due to its accidental submersion in either the River Thames or the River Medway around 1716 on its way to notable writer and prebendary of the Cathedral Dr John Harris for use in writing his History of Kent.
Read MoreArchaeology and Rochester Cathedral
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Tim Tatton-Brown reviews the archaeological and historical evidence at Rochester Cathedral.
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The 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 MoreRochester Cathedral 1066-1137: A Saxo-Norman Synthesis
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Frances Arnold explores the cultural synthesis behind the Cathedral and collections from the Norman Conquest until the major fire of 1137.
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 MoreMedieval paintings
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David Park discusses the medieval paintings of the Cathedral and their conservation, including the exceptional 13th-century Wheel of Fortune.
Read MoreMilitary colours and standards, 20th century
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The collection of military colours and standards have hung in the North Quire Aisle for much of the last century. The Royal Marines Turning of the Page ceremony takes place at the Books of Memory in the North Quire Aisle each week.
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