Allington Castle, 12th-16th century
Allington Castle is a Grade I listed medieval stone castle in Allington, Kent, just north of Maidstone. The castle is not open to the public, but is used as a wedding venue and has featured in several films and television series.
Read more about the Castle today: allington-castle.com
Complete Anglo-Saxon pottery vessel (OZ3108)
This complete Anglo-Saxon or Early Medieval pottery vessel is one of 11 intact pots recorded as part of the KAS’ Ozengell collection purchased in December 2022.
St John's Jerusalem Chapel, 13th-century, Sutton-at-Hone
The eastern (chancel) section of the 13th century chapel of the commandery (or preceptory) of the Knights of St John Hospitaller at Sutton-at-Hone, near Dartford.
Canterbury Cathedral, 12th century
Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
St Thomas a Becket Church, Capel
St Thomas a Becket Church, Capel features an exceptional series of medieval painted decoration.
Bayham Old Abbey
Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England.
Rochester Castle, constructed 1083-1127
“Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding.“
Rochester Cathedral Lapidarium
The Lapidarium of (‘repository of stone’) has grown over the past 200 years into a collection of over 400 fine sculptural artefacts from the 8th to the 18th centuries. Much of the Lapidarium collection comprises medieval sculptural fragments retained from 19th-century restoration and redesign campaigns.
Rochester Cathedral vestments
The Cathedral collections include a small number of historic items. The Rochester Cathedral Embroiderers was formed in 1999 to promote the continuation of the care of the cathedral vestments which for many years had been designed and made by Jennie Miskin.
Liturgical features of Rochester Cathedral, 13th-20th century
Rochester Cathedral features several original liturgical features from the C12th and C13th and a fine collection of C19th liturgical furnishings.
Rochester Cathedral architectural history, 604-2020
The architecture, history and collections of Rochester Cathedral can now be explored online in 3D. Sections of the Virtual Tour are numbered according to the chapters of the Audio Tour, with the tour narrated by Jools Holland.
Available at: rochestercathedral.org/virtual
Excavations at Rochester Cathedral, 2015-2020
In a typical year, several excavations take place in and around the precinct of Rochester Cathedral.
Virtual Tour of St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury
English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent.
Medieval tombs of Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral features twelve intact medieval coffin-tombs spaced around the east end of the building in proximity to the high altar. They were the final resting place of bishops of priors.
Medieval brass casements at Rochester Cathedral
Brasses were a medieval form of memorialisation, originally limited to members of the cathedral clergy or to the wealthy and powerful. After the English Reformaton many of the brasses were ripped from the floor and sold off to metal markets, leaving only their casements remaining. In the 19th century most of the surviving casements at Rochester Cathedral were gathered and relaid in the North Quire Aisle.
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