Designing and making the tapestries for the Lady Chapel
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The vibrant tapestries in the Lady Chapel were designed and made by artist Bobbie Cox (1930-2018).
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The Cathedral as an educational resource
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For many years Rochester Cathedral has been used as an invaluable resource for schools and colleges in and around Kent. Increasing demand from teachers for access to this building and its wealth of potential educational material inspired the Dean and Chapter to appoint a full time Education Officer.
Read MoreCultural Presence of the Gothic Cathedrals in England
/An abridged version of the Dean's address at the International Congress of Medieval Cathedrals held in Milan from 24th to 28th September, 1986.
Read MoreJohn Doubleday's Mary and the Child Christ
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We are grateful to the Revd Melvyn Matthews, Senior Anglican Chaplain to Bristol University and the BBC World Service to quote extracts from the broadcast when he talked of a postcard the Dean sent him of the statue by John Doubleday in the Garth.
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How the Church is governed
/Paul A. Welsby introduces the system of Church governance.
Read MoreObituary of Thomas Crick, Dean of Rochester 1943-1958
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An obituary of Dean Crick by D. R. Vicary, Headmaster of the King's School.
Read MoreRochester Theological College, 1959-1970
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Canon S. L. S. Allen explores the history of Rochester Theological College.
Read MoreThe work of Rochester Cathedral
/Precentor Canon Paul A. Welsby discusses the work of the Cathedral.
Read MoreThe Rochester of Edwin Drood, late 19th century
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Canon William Telfer, D.D., sometime Master of Selwyn College and Ely, and Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, reflects on Rochester at the time of Charles Dickens.
Read MoreA Rochester Reminiscence by Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976)
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Actress Dame Sybil Thorndike-Casson, whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969, reflects on a childhood as daughter of a Minor Canon of the Cathedral.
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Cathedral Play
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To celebrate the Festival of 1958 the Medway Theatre Guild staged in the Cathedral a play-"The Mystery of the Finding of the Cross".
Read MoreEvents and services photo album
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The clergy and choir of the Cathedral have featured in photographs from the late nineteenth century. Many photos are preserved within the Chapter Library.
Read MoreArt and Christianity
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Substance of an Address given in the Cathedral on 15th March 1950 by the Reverend Hugh Ross-Williamson.
Read MoreWar damage repairs
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Cathedral Architect W. A. Forsyth reports on the repairs to the Cathedral and claims to the War Damage Commission. Featured in The Eighth Annual Report of the Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual, published May 1950.
Read MoreLantern slide lectures, c.1938
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Canon Sydney Williams Wheatley was the Vicar of St Margaret's Church Rochester from 1915-1947. His collection of glass slides in the Chapter Library have been digitised and are available online.
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