Rochester Castle watergate, c.1380

Rochester Castle watergate, c.1380

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.

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Priory wall, c.1225-1340

Priory wall, c.1225-1340

The walls of the medieval priory of Saint Andrew survive in sections around the boundary of the Cathedral Precinct, particularly well preserved in the south-east corner.

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Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088

Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088

Archaeologist Alan Ward discusses what we know - or what little we know - about Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf (1067-1088).

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Moneys due at the Mandatum of the Poor, c.1235

Moneys due at the Mandatum of the Poor, c.1235

A list of the individuals owing an annual debt to the poor in fulfilment of Christ’s implicit command: e.g. Matthew 25:31-35.

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Black Boy Alley, Rochester

Black Boy Alley, Rochester

‘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.

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Provisions for the sick of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

Provisions for the sick of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

Here is what is owed to the sick brothers of Saint Bartholomew.

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Roll of Honour of Old Roffensians and Old Choristers

Roll of Honour of Old Roffensians and Old Choristers

Roll of honour of Old Roffensians and Old Cgoristers of Rochester Cathedral who gave their lives in The Great and Second World Wars and who have died on active service since the Second World War.

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