Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres, 1737-1816

Sarah Baker and her Kentish Theatres, 1737-1816

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.

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Charlotte Boyd (1837-1906)

Charlotte Boyd (1837-1906)

Revd. Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff, author of Bertha’s Daughters, explores the life and work of Charlotte Boyd, one of the greatest benefactors to the Diocese of Rochester in modern times.

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Slaves and the Unfree in the Laws of Æthelberht

Slaves and the Unfree in the Laws of Æthelberht

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The twelfth-century collection of laws preserved in Textus Roffensis, the ‘Rochester Book’, illuminates the position of those who were slaves during the Anglo-Saxon period.

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Isabella Gilmore and the deaconess movement

Isabella Gilmore and the deaconess movement

Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the life and work of Isabella Gilmore and the genesis of the Deaconess Movement in the early 19th century.

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Elizabeth Elstob (1683-1756)

Elizabeth Elstob (1683-1756)

Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the centrality of Elizabeth Elstob to our understanding of and access to Anglo-Saxon history.

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Medieval Lady Chapel mural

Medieval Lady Chapel mural

Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the medieval Lady Chapel mural in an extract from the Bertha's Daughters: A History of the Church in Kent

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