Slaves and the Unfree in the Laws of Æthelberht
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.
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.
Textus Roffensis origins
Dr Christopher Monk explores the origins of Ethelbert’s law-code, foundational document of the Early English Laws portion of the ‘Rochester Book’.
Kent and the Abolition of the Slave Trade: A County Study, 1760S - 1807
Professor David Killingray
Rochester Cathedral Lapidarium and Spolia
Submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in Archaeology & Heritage School of Archaeology and Ancient History University of Leicester.
Black Boy Alley, Rochester: Origin and heritage→
Jacob Scott investigates the origins of the name of an alley in Rochester.
Rochester Cathedral Masons’ Marks
Dissertation by Jacob H. Scott submitted to the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester for BA degree in Archaeology, January 2019.
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.
The Early History of Bredhurst Manor
A contribution from documentary sources to a wider archaeological and topographical research study. By Roger Cockett.
Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent
Thesis submitted by Susan Pittman to the University of Kent at Canterbury for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The Wotton Survey
A report on Dr Jacqueline Bower’s project initiated in March 2009 to transcribe the Wotton Survey and publish it online in order to make it available to researchers and also to enable those participating in the project to acquire, or improve, palaeography skills.
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- Bredhurst
- Canterbury
- Christ Church Canterbury
- Cliftonville
- Colonial History
- Custumale Roffense
- Dartford
- Deal
- Diocese of Canterbury
- Diocese of Rochester
- Disease and medicine
- Early Modern
- Elizabeth Elstob
- Frindsbury
- Great Tottington
- Greenwich
- Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society
- Kent Defences Research Group
- London
- Maidstone
- Margate
- North Downs
- Northfleet
- Place Names
- Rochester
- Rochester Castle
- Rochester Cathedral
- Sittingbourne
- Snodland
- Society Collections
- Southfleet
- St Andrews Priory Rochester
- St Nicholas Church Rochester
- Textus Roffensis
- Thanet
- Witham Mathews Bywater