Sarum Missal, 16th century
Rochester Cathedral Chapter Library volunteer Beverley Jacobs leafs through the 16th-century Sarum Missal, a remnant from the final days of the Priory Library.
Elizabeth Elstob’s excerpts from Textus Roffensis 1712
Elizabeth Elstob made a facsimile of Textus Roffensis (c.1123), in two parts. Here, Dr Christopher Monk explores her handwritten copies of the three Old English Kentish law codes, unique to Textus, and her copy of the foundation charter of Rochester Cathedral with its marvellous decorated initial.
High Treason and A Wicked Contrivance?
Rochester Cathedral Chapter Library volunteer Myra Amor explores the stories of three successive bishops of Rochester each accused of treason.
Mary Elizabeth and John Griffith, Canon of Rochester 1827-1879
T. H. James introduces Rev. Dr John Griffith and his wife Mary Elizabeth Griffith, benefactors to the Cathedral in the 19th century.
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.
Charlotte Boyd (1837-1906)
Revd. Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff, author of Bertha's Daughters: A History of the Church in Kent, explores the life and work of Charlotte Boyd, one of the greatest benefactors to the Diocese of Rochester in modern times.
John Speed's atlas, 1676
Library volunteer Myra Amor introduces John Speed and his Theatre of the empire of Great-Britain and A prospect of the most famous parts of the World published in 1676.
Baptisms, marriages and burial registers of Rochester Cathedral
Facsimile and transcriptions of the baptism, marriage and burial registers of Rochester Cathedral.
The Last Stand of Lieutenant Henn and his Sappers
The story behind the names of the ‘Native Sappers and Miners’ commemorated in the 1888 Royal Engineers memorial mosaic at the west end of the Nave of Rochester Cathedral.
Isabella Gilmore and the deaconess movement
Bishop of Rochester’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.
Dean Reynolds Hole (1819-1904)
Dean of Rochester Philip Hesketh introduces the life and work of Samuel Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester 1887–1904, a celebrated gardener notable for his expertise with roses. First of a two-part series.
Kent and the Abolition of the Slave Trade: A County Study, 1760S - 1807
Professor David Killingray
Black Boy Alley, Rochester: Origin and heritage
Jacob Scott investigates the origins of the name of an alley in Rochester.
Lost Hamlets: Discovering and recording two quite different lost hamlets in Thanet North-East Kent
D. Gordon Taylor asks how two hamlets, only one mile apart, vary so much?
A Short History of Broadditch Farm alias Wastdale in Southfleet
Located at NGR TQ 6205 7072. Part of a series on Southfleet Historic Houses by R. A. C. Cockett.
Rose Hill, Bobbing - An early Cottage Ornée near Sittingbourne - TQ885644
A contribution from documentary sources to a wider archaeological and topographical research study. By Roger Cockett.
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