The shrine of Saint Paulinus, 11th-14th century
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Anneliese Arnold discusses evidence relating to the shrine of Saint Paulinus at Rochester Cathedral between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries.
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Later monuments, 13th-20th century
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Dr John Physick explores the later medieval and early modern monuments and their sculptors.
Read MoreThe Old Deanery Garden sundail, 1825
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Mr Daniel, formerly of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, discusses a 19th-century sundail from the Old Deanery garden.
Read MoreMilitia equipment, 17th century
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Michael Moad explores the 17th-century military equipment that have been exhibited at both the Cathedral and Rochester’s Guildhall Museum for many years.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral 1066-1137: A Saxo-Norman Synthesis
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Frances Arnold explores the cultural synthesis behind the Cathedral and collections from the Norman Conquest until the major fire of 1137.
Read MoreSome glimpses into the Cathedral in the 19th century
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H.E.C.S. discusses three books in the Chapter Library collection that provide unique glimpses into the life at the Cathedral in the 19th century.
Read MoreMedieval paintings
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David Park discusses the medieval paintings of the Cathedral and their conservation, including the exceptional 13th-century Wheel of Fortune.
Read MoreWhatever happened to Hamo?
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Bernard Wigan considers what became of one of Rochester’s longest-serving bishops, Hamo de Hythe (1319-1352).
Read MoreHow the Victorians looked after Rochester Cathedral, 1825-1894
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A précis of an address to the Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Festival, held on 15 June 1974.
Read MoreRochester Choral Society, founded 1873
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A history of the society at the time of their centenary celebrations in 1973.
Read MoreThe King's School, Rochester, founded 604 AD
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Headmaster D. R. Vicary explores the long history of The King’s School, Rochester.
Read MoreExcavation in the North Nave Transept
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Dr. C. A. Ralegh Radford reports on an excavation in the North Nave Transept.
Read MoreSome of the Nave Monuments and their Sculptors, 18th-19th century
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Rupert Gunnis explores the sculptors behind some of the fine Renaissance-era marble monuments around the Nave.
Read MoreRobert Scott, Dean of Rochester 1870-1887
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The Rev. E. H. Dunkley explores the career of Dean Robert Scott, presiding at the time of Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the Cathedral in the 1870s.
Read MoreThe See of Rochester in relation to the See of Canterbury in the Middle Ages
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Irene J. Churchill explores the relationship between the Dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury in the Middle Ages.
Read MoreArchitecture of Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester 1108-1124
/W. A. Forsyth, FRIBA, Consulting Architect to the Dean and Chapter, investigates the works of Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester 1108-1124.
Read MoreWalter de Merton, Chancellor of England and founder of Merton College, Oxford
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F. M. Powicke, FBA, Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, Hon. Fellow of Merton College, explores the life of Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester from 1274 to 1277 and founder of Merton College in Oxford.
Read MoreAn introduction to Textus Roffensis
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Dean Francis Underhill introduces the c.1123 manuscript Textus Roffensis. Featured in The Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Report for 1935.
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