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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 505
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Rochester Cathedral

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 600 to 1905. Rochester Cathedral has its origins in the 7th century when the Church of St. Andrew was founded by Ethelbert and consecrated by St. Augustine. It was re-established in the 11th century as the Cathedral and Priory of christ and St. Mary; Gundulf was appointed Bishop and built the new Cathedral c.1080. This was consecrated in 1130. The Cathedral was the subject of a number of building and rebuilding projects, until the monastery was surrendered in 1540. In the following year, the cathedral was placed in the hands of a new secular body named the "Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Rochester", but all the monastic buildings were reserved to the king.

In 1888, the foundations and portions of walls from part of the early Saxon church were discovered during excavations (see TQ 76 NW 249). During excavations in the precinct in 1990, late Iron Age pits and a number of medieval and post medieval burials were discovered.

Images

Rochester Cathedral   © Ian Giles
Grid Reference:TQ 74273 68521
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SETTLEMENT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • CATHEDRAL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Modern - 600 AD to 2050 AD)
  • CHURCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 604 AD to 1065 AD?)
  • GRAFFITI (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • INHUMATION (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument KENT 294; Listed Building (I) 1086423: CATHEDERAL CHURCH AND CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF ROCHESTER (FORMERLY PRIORY OF ST ANDREW WAS INCLUDED)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 76 NW 97 :
[TQ 7426 6852] Cathedral. (1)

The Church of St. Andrew at Rochester was founded in 604 by Ethelbert, King of Kent. It was situated to the west of the present cathedral. [Sited on plan by Hope at TQ 7422 6855-see TQ 76 NW 249] Justus was consecrated first Bishop of Rochester by Augustine, and the church was placed in the hand of secular priests. In 1076-7, Gundulf, was appointed Bishop and built a new church which was consecrated in 1130. In 1080, the secular canons were replaced by a priory of Benedictine monks. Building and rebuilding continued until the surrender of the monastery in 1540. In the following year, the cathedral was placed in the hands of a new secular body named the "Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Rochester", but all the monastic buildings were reserved to the king. [See plan AO/LP/64/75 & Map Diagram] (2-5)

St. Andrews Cathedral. In normal use. For details of remains of the Priory buildings see the map diagram and GP's AO/51/42/6, AO/51/43/2 and 3, AO/51/46/6 and AO/64/123/5. (6)

Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Precinct. Founded by St. Agustine, consecrated 604 A.D. Cathedral first dedicated to St. Andrew. Circa 1080 addition of new building. (For full description see list) (7)

Additional bibliography. (8-17)

In the Autumn of the year 1888 the Dean and Chapter of Rochester decided to proceed at once with the underpinning of the west front of the cathedral church, preparatory to its restoration. In the course of the excavations some important discoveries were made. Running through and under the foundations of the Early Norman west front were discovered the foundations and portions of the walls of a building of far earlier date than the earliest of the Norman works. These earlier foundations doubtless form part of the Saxon church. The discoveries may indicate a building terminating towards the east in an apse, the width of the apse being almost as great as that of the building itself (TQ 76 NW 249). (18)

Additional bibliography. (19-28)

Additional bibliography - not consulted. (29-39)

THE PRECINCT Cathedral church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Rochester (formerly Priory of St. Andrew was included). Cathedral Church. C7 origins (revealed in excavations) [Full architectural reference] LISTED GRADE I. (40)

At the invitation of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester cathedral the Canterbury Archaeological Trust undertook an excavation within the Lay Cemetery of the Cathedral during April and May 1990. This was undertaken prior to the underpinning of the foundations of a modern semi-basemented structure known as the `Chain Store' which lies in the angle between the west side of the north transept and the north side of the nave. The earliest features located were cut into the natural brickearth. Two pits produced Belgic pottery of the early first century AD.It has been known since the 1960s that Rochester was the site of a Belgic settlement. The interpretation of the Roman deposits would tend to confirm that the area was open ground and perhaps peripheral to settlement. Sixty three burials were recovered, covering a wide date range. The stratigraphic evidence and the dateable finds suggest that twenty five graves are medieval (six of them possibly Anglo Saxon); thirty five are post medieval; three could be either late medieval or early post medieval. (41)

Archive relating to cathedral fabric [42].

Additional bibliography [44]

There are no surviving earthworks of the Saxon church. (43, 45)

Field reports [46,47]

Photographs [48-50].

A small watching brief during the removal of a footpath exposed substantial stone foundations relating to the Cellarer's range, demolished c. 1805 (51).

Test pits in the cloister dug in 2007 located remains of a wall which separated the cloister walk from the garth on the north side (52).

Works in the crypt in 1999 recorded pits truncated by the construction of the crypt (53).

In 2010 the installation of a new monument to the Royal Engineers required the stripping of the internal rendering of the westernmost bay of the south aisle. This revealed fabric suggesting that the west end was rebuilt in the early/mid 12th century but that it was also rebuilt in the 17th century, at which time much of the fabric was reused. It was also found that the pilaster buttress is probably a later 17th century addition. (54)

In 2010, during the installation of glass porches at the western and northern doors, a watching brief recorded examples of the medieval and post-medieval graffiti scratched into the stones along with some disturbed human remains in the area of the north porch. (55)

In 2011 a ground penetrating radar survey was carried out by GSB Prospection in the South Quire Aisle and in the Crypt. Anomalies perhaps relating to the foundations for the former southern wall of the cathedral and possibly the foundations of Gundulf's Lesser Tower were found. In the crypt, drains and other disturbances made interpretation difficult but possible traces of the eastern wall of the Norman cathedral were seen. A number of graves were detected; some corresponded to ledger stones in the current paving but some ledger stones appeared to lack an associated burial, suggesting they may have been moved. (56)

Dendrochronology of the Gundulf Door leading to the NE stair turret in the NE transept. Felling dates to 1075-1107. Apparently the earliest scientifically dated door in the British Isles. (57)

The stone types used in the Lady Chapel and south-west transept were recorded. These included Bath stone, Caen stone, Chilmark stone, Clipsham stone, flint, Ragstone, Portland stone, Purbeck limestone, Reigate stone, Tufa and Wheatley limestone. (58)

In 2016 a photographic archive was compiled of 13th century engravings in the cathedral (59)

In 2018 a ground penetrating radar survey was carried out across the entire interior of the Cathedral as well as the path from the west entrance to the High Street and an open area outside the west entrance itself. Extensive features were discovered across the site. Many relate to both known and unknown graves. The Saxon church was clearly seen, as was the old south transept. Other features may relate to a late Saxon/early Norman phase of the church's construction. The vaults of the crypt were also clearly seen with a possible shrine (61)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER THE PRECINCT TQ 7468 NW, TQ 7468 SW 7/193, 9/193 Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Rochester (formerly Priory of St Andrew was included) 24-10-50 GV I Cathedral Church. (For cloister buildings see refs 9/188 and 9/189; for associated medieval buildings, see 7/187, 7 and 9/199, 7 and 9/200, 9/201). C7 origins (reverted in excavations). Re- established as a cathedral-priory by Bishop Gandulf and rebuilt by him (1078-1108); parts of his cathedral survive within the present walling of the nave aisles along with the formerly detached Gandulf's tower and parts of the crypt. Mid-C12 rebuilding (W front no earlier than the late-1140s). E end (including E 2 bays of nave) c.1210-40. Alterations (mainly refenestration) in C14 and C15. Early C16 Lady Chapel. Major restorations by Cottingham (1825), Scott (1870s, mainly E end repairs and internal refurbishing), Pearson (1888, especially the W front), and C Hodgson-Fowler (1904-5 rebuilding of central tower). Ragstone with limestone ashlar and dressings; slate and lead roofs. Nave and aisles of 8 bays; Lady Chapel in angle formed by S aisle and transept, central crossing (with tower), aisled choir (with Gandulf's Tower to N), E transepts, aisleless presbytery with library and chapter room to S. Crypt. The cathedral is fully described and evaluated in Newham (1980, pp 470-88); detailed descriptions given there are not duplicated in this account which is cross-referenced to Newman throughout. Of particular importance note Gandulf's Tower (p 473): the original ashlar lining has been replaced in brick but enough survives at 2nd-floor level to confirm the existence of a doorway that must have led by way of a wooden bridge into the N transept. The nave gallery (p 475) is unusual in that it possesses no floor. W front (carefully restored by Pearson) retains important carving to the central portal (left untouched by Pearson) influenced by St Denys of the 1140s. The design of the E parts is of great interest and quality: the presbytery has no aisles and its elevation is of 2 storeys (unique in an English cathedral, Newman p 478); the choir is unusual in having solid walls dividing it from the N and S aisles (p 479). Not mentioned in Newman is the library, entered through the Decorated doorway in the SE transept (p 479): C15 with wall plate (wavy and oncave moulding), C17 (possibly re-worked) doorcase to S, C18 panelled shutters with HL hinges; fireplace with eared architrave with cyma moulding. Fittings and Furnishings. Nave. Font, by Earp, 1893: stone, circular bowl on clustered shafts; figures under arcade with larger baptismal scenes at cardinal points. Glass. W window (8 lights), 1880s, Clayton & Bell, upper tier of OT figures (Joshua, David, Jeptha etc) with scenes from their lives in lower lights. This, with the mosaic tablets below, form a monument to the Royal Engineers who fell in the Italian and South African campaigns. Aisles. Monuments: Francis Barrell (1676), Francis Barrell (1724), Ann Spice (1795), all N (see Newman, P 485), with minor C19 tablets, many to military men. Richard Somer (1682), An Henniker (1792), John Lord Henniker (1806), all S (see Newman, p 485) with , in addition, an early C18 pedimented tablet to Daniel and Francis Hill (1729) and a substantial mural war memorial (dated 1903) to the fallen of the South Africa War, foliated marble frame frame with raised script epitaph. Glass: interesting Romanesque Revival glass (1880s) and Christian Warriors, to W end of N and S aisles; N aisle, NE, by Kempe, signed. One S aisle window with a fiture of St Luke in the C17 manner, not dated or signed. Pulpit: woden, large, polygonal, with canopied facets, on a stem with open arcaded stair. Lady Chapel. Glass. An interesting and large-scale sequence of Flemish-style windows, C.1910-18, possibly by Burlison & Grylls, scenes from the Life of Christ with various saints. S transect. Jacobethan revival screen, c.1928, into Lady Chapel. Monuments: Sir Richard Head (1689), Richard Watts (1736), Sir Edward Head (1798), Sir William Franklin (1833), James Forbes (1836), all mural, and effigy of Dean Hole (1905), see Newman, p 484. Glass: clerestory windows, Kempe, 1898; S window, 1888, Clayton & Bell, various saints, a memorial to Royal Engineers who fell in Egypt and Sudan Wars. N transept. Monuments to Augustine Caesar (1677) and John Parr (1792), Newman, p 484. N and S choir aisles. Bishop John de Bradfield (1283) and Hamo de Heth (1352) described by Newman, p 484. Choir: pulpitum, organ frontal, stalls, Bishop's throne all by Scott; pulpitum figures by Pearson. Medieval furnishings survived in part and were incorporated in the new work and provided the model for Scott's designs. The mural decoration is a copy of the medieval scheme which had also survived concealed behind later panelling. E end. The important C13 and C14 tombs are described and assessed in Newman pp 481-3, as are the monuments to Bishops Lowe (1467), and Warner (1666), Archdeacon Warner (1679) and Lee Warner (1698). Altar with reredos (Last Supper in relief) Caen stone; openwork wooden pulpit; mosaic on E wall to rear of altar (possibly modelled on medieval decoration uncovered in 1825), and the entire titled floor design, al by Scott. Glass. Presbytery windows by Clayton & Bell (1873); NE transept also by Clayton & Bell, but later (1880s); SE transept glass by Gibbs and Hardman (transept aisle) and Clayton & Bell (transept proper); details of glass from Palmer (1897). References. John Newman, West Kent and the Weald, Buildings of England (2nd ed, reprinted with corrections, 1980), pp 470-88. Much extra detail in G H Palmer, The Cathedral Church of Rochester (Bell's Cathedral Series, 1897).
Listing NGR: TQ7427368521 (60)


Arch Cant 23 1898 p194-328 (OS Card Reference). SKE54049.

1889, Arch Cant 18 1889 261-278 Rev. Grevile M. Livett (Minor Canon and Precentor) (OS Card Reference). SKE54051.

Keevill Heritage Consultancy, 2011, Report on Archaeological Test Pits on the East Side of the Tudor Gate (Unpublished document). SKE54055.

<01> O.S. 1/2500 1955. (OS Card Reference). SKE47781.

<02> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1898 (plans 1:500 illusts.)(W.H. St. John Hope), Volume Nos. 23, Page Nos. 194-328 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<03> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1900, Volume Nos. 24, Page Nos. 1-85 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<04> Page, W. (ed), 1926, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume II, Kent 1926 (R.C. Fowler), Volume Nos. II (Monograph). SKE7944.

<05> by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales, 1953, Page Nos. 74 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6370.

<06> F1 ASP 03-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41905.

<07> MHLG City of Rochester 1969, Page Nos. 1 (OS Card Reference). SKE47106.

<08> Royal Archaeological Institute, The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-, 1897 (JC Cox), Volume Nos. 54, Page Nos. 258-259 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6335.

<09> Royal Archaeological Institute, The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-, 1901 (CR Peers), Volume Nos. 58, Page Nos. 418-19 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6335.

<10> Royal Archaeological Institute, The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-, 1926 (AW Clapham), Volume Nos. 83, Page Nos. 313-314 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6335.

<11> Royal Archaeological Institute, The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-, 1929 (FH Fairweather), Volume Nos. 86, Page Nos. 187-212 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6335.

<12> PSA 2nd series 18 1899-1901 82-7 (OS Card Reference). SKE48819.

<13> Society of Antiquaries of London, Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity Vol 1 (1749)-, 1886 (WH St John Hope), Volume Nos. 49, Page Nos. 323-334 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6332.

<14> Royal Archaeological Institute, The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-, 1920 (P Norman), Volume Nos. 77, Page Nos. 170-72 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6335.

<15> Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894), 1889 (GM Livett), Volume Nos. 45, Page Nos. 180-181 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6336.

<16> Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894), 1978 (B Cherry), Volume Nos. 131, Page Nos. 24-25 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6336.

<17> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1887, Volume Nos. 17, Page Nos. XLI-XLIII (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<18> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1889 (GM Livett), Volume Nos. 18, Page Nos. 261-278 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<19> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1983 (JP McAleer), Volume Nos. 98, Page Nos. 139-158 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<20> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1985 (JP McAleer) 257-61 (D Bacchus), Volume Nos. 102, Page Nos. 149-170 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<21> Anglo-Saxon studies in archaeology and history 1 (1979) -, 1978 (HM and J Taylor), Volume Nos. 2, Page Nos. 518-519 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6383.

<22> edited by D M Wilson, 1976, The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, 1976, Page Nos. 163-8,180 (Monograph). SKE6386.

<23> Council for British Archaeology, CBA research reports Vol.1 (1955)-, 1983 (R Morris), Volume Nos. 47, Page Nos. 105 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6361.

<24> by H M Colvin ... [et al], 1982, The history of the King's Works, volume IV : 1485-1660 (Part II), 1982 (HM Colvin), Page Nos. 234-7 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6382.

<25> by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales, 1971, Page Nos. 74 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6370.

<26> The Buildings of England Most volumes held, West Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman), Page Nos. 470-488 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6338.

<27> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1939 (JH Bolton), Volume Nos. 51, Page Nos. XLVII (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<28> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1975 (AM Oakley), Volume Nos. 91, Page Nos. 47-60 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<29> Eng Hist Rev 1945 (RAL Smith), Volume Nos. 60, Page Nos. 289-299 (OS Card Reference). SKE41593.

<30> Proceedings of the Woolwich District Antiquarian Society no 1 (1895) - no 33 (1963-6), 1895-6, Volume Nos. 1, Page Nos. 46 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6359.

<31> Arch Rev 1889-90, Page Nos. 69 (OS Card Reference). SKE36937.

<32> Eng Rom Arch after the Conquest 1934 (Clapham), Page Nos. 24 (OS Card Reference). SKE41599.

<33> Eng Rom Arch before the Conquest 1930 (Clapham), Page Nos. 21 (OS Card Reference). SKE41600.

<34> Mon Ang 1846 (W Dugdale), Volume Nos. 1, Page Nos. 153-160 (OS Card Reference). SKE47310.

<35> Mun Ant 1805 (E King), Volume Nos. 4, Page Nos. 210-225 (OS Card Reference). SKE47470.

<36> Tanners notitia monastica Kent XLIX 1787 (Naismith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49814.

<37> Cath Ch of Eng 1925 (AM Thompson), Page Nos. 104 (OS Card Reference). SKE38745.

<38> Eng Monasteries 1923 (AM Thompson), Page Nos. 41,54,65.. (OS Card Reference). SKE41596.

<39> Arch Rev 1889-90, Volume Nos. 3, Page Nos. 69 (OS Card Reference). SKE36938.

<40> DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway Kent, 2nd Dec 1991, Page Nos. 108-109 (OS Card Reference). SKE41277.

<41> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, (1990) 91-151, Volume Nos. 108, Page Nos. 91-151, Fig Nos. 1, Plate Nos. 1 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.

<42> Archive relating to the repair and maintenance of Rochester Cathedral fabric (Collection). SKE6498.

<43> Struth P MAR-1994 RCHME Field Investigation (OS Card Reference). SKE49688.

<44> RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London (Collection). SKE6500.

<45> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Excavations at Rochester Cathedral 1990-1995 (Unpublished document). SKE6688.

<46> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 97 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4132.

<47> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 97 in 1994 (Bibliographic reference). SKE12480.

<48> PRIOR'S GATE TAKEN FROM SOUTH WEST. (Photograph). SKE1385.

<49> PRIORY OF ST ANDREW - EASTERN CLOISTER TAKEN FROM WEST. (Photograph). SKE1388.

<50> PRIORY OF ST ANDREW - CHAPTER HOUSE FROM NORTH WEST. (Photograph). SKE1387.

<51> Keevill Heritage Consultancy, 2009, Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: Report Of Archaeological Survey And Watching Brief In Association With Conservation Work On The South Transept and Lady Chapel, 2007-8 (Unpublished document). SKE15908.

<52> Keevill Heritage Consultancy, 2007, Report of an Evaluation in Association with Access Proposals in the North Cloister Walk (Unpublished document). SKE15910.

<53> Alan Ward, 2004, Excavations in Rochester Cathedral Crypt 1999 (Unpublished document). SKE15911.

<54> Keevill Heritage Consultancy, 2010, Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: New memorial for the Royal Engineers in the nave south aisle (Unpublished document). SKE16853.

<55> Keevill Heritage Consultancy, 2010, Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: Report on archaeological recording before and during the construction of new glazed porches at the north and west doors (Unpublished document). SKE16854.

<56> GSB Prospection, 2011, Hidden Treasures Fresh Expressions: GPR Survey of Rochester Cathedral Crypt & South Quire Aisle (Unpublished document). SKE17223.

<57> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 33, Pg. 82 (Website). SKE17391.

<58> B.C. Worssam, 2008, The Building Stones of the Lady Chapel and of the South-West Transept of Rochester Cathedral (Unpublished document). SKE18243.

<59> RCRG, 2016, A photographic survey of thirteenth-century pictorial engravings from Rochester Cathedral (Unpublished document). SKE52594.

<60> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<61> Rochester Cathedral Research Guild, 2018, Rochester Cathedral Research Guild, Geophysical Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE52925.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 23 1898 p194-328.
---OS Card Reference: 1889. Arch Cant 18 1889 261-278 Rev. Grevile M. Livett (Minor Canon and Precentor).
---Unpublished document: Keevill Heritage Consultancy. 2011. Report on Archaeological Test Pits on the East Side of the Tudor Gate.
<01>OS Card Reference: O.S. 1/2500 1955..
<02>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1898 (plans 1:500 illusts.)(W.H. St. John Hope), Volume Nos. 23, Page Nos. 194-328.
<03>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1900, Volume Nos. 24, Page Nos. 1-85.
<04>Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1926. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume II. Kent 1926 (R.C. Fowler), Volume Nos. II.
<05>Bibliographic reference: by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock. 1971. Medieval religious houses in England and Wales. 1953, Page Nos. 74.
<06>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 03-JAN-65.
<07>OS Card Reference: MHLG City of Rochester 1969, Page Nos. 1.
<08>Bibliographic reference: Royal Archaeological Institute. The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-. 1897 (JC Cox), Volume Nos. 54, Page Nos. 258-259.
<09>Bibliographic reference: Royal Archaeological Institute. The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-. 1901 (CR Peers), Volume Nos. 58, Page Nos. 418-19.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Royal Archaeological Institute. The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-. 1926 (AW Clapham), Volume Nos. 83, Page Nos. 313-314.
<11>Bibliographic reference: Royal Archaeological Institute. The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-. 1929 (FH Fairweather), Volume Nos. 86, Page Nos. 187-212.
<12>OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd series 18 1899-1901 82-7.
<13>Bibliographic reference: Society of Antiquaries of London. Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity Vol 1 (1749)-. 1886 (WH St John Hope), Volume Nos. 49, Page Nos. 323-334.
<14>Bibliographic reference: Royal Archaeological Institute. The archaeological journal vol 1 (1844)-. 1920 (P Norman), Volume Nos. 77, Page Nos. 170-72.
<15>Bibliographic reference: Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894). 1889 (GM Livett), Volume Nos. 45, Page Nos. 180-181.
<16>Bibliographic reference: Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894). 1978 (B Cherry), Volume Nos. 131, Page Nos. 24-25.
<17>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1887, Volume Nos. 17, Page Nos. XLI-XLIII.
<18>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1889 (GM Livett), Volume Nos. 18, Page Nos. 261-278.
<19>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1983 (JP McAleer), Volume Nos. 98, Page Nos. 139-158.
<20>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1985 (JP McAleer) 257-61 (D Bacchus), Volume Nos. 102, Page Nos. 149-170.
<21>Bibliographic reference: Anglo-Saxon studies in archaeology and history 1 (1979) -. 1978 (HM and J Taylor), Volume Nos. 2, Page Nos. 518-519.
<22>Monograph: edited by D M Wilson. 1976. The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England. 1976, Page Nos. 163-8,180.
<23>Bibliographic reference: Council for British Archaeology. CBA research reports Vol.1 (1955)-. 1983 (R Morris), Volume Nos. 47, Page Nos. 105.
<24>Bibliographic reference: by H M Colvin ... [et al]. 1982. The history of the King's Works, volume IV : 1485-1660 (Part II). 1982 (HM Colvin), Page Nos. 234-7.
<25>Bibliographic reference: by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock. 1971. Medieval religious houses in England and Wales. 1971, Page Nos. 74.
<26>Bibliographic reference: The Buildings of England Most volumes held. West Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman), Page Nos. 470-488.
<27>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1939 (JH Bolton), Volume Nos. 51, Page Nos. XLVII.
<28>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1975 (AM Oakley), Volume Nos. 91, Page Nos. 47-60.
<29>OS Card Reference: Eng Hist Rev 1945 (RAL Smith), Volume Nos. 60, Page Nos. 289-299.
<30>Bibliographic reference: Proceedings of the Woolwich District Antiquarian Society no 1 (1895) - no 33 (1963-6). 1895-6, Volume Nos. 1, Page Nos. 46.
<31>OS Card Reference: Arch Rev 1889-90, Page Nos. 69.
<32>OS Card Reference: Eng Rom Arch after the Conquest 1934 (Clapham), Page Nos. 24.
<33>OS Card Reference: Eng Rom Arch before the Conquest 1930 (Clapham), Page Nos. 21.
<34>OS Card Reference: Mon Ang 1846 (W Dugdale), Volume Nos. 1, Page Nos. 153-160.
<35>OS Card Reference: Mun Ant 1805 (E King), Volume Nos. 4, Page Nos. 210-225.
<36>OS Card Reference: Tanners notitia monastica Kent XLIX 1787 (Naismith).
<37>OS Card Reference: Cath Ch of Eng 1925 (AM Thompson), Page Nos. 104.
<38>OS Card Reference: Eng Monasteries 1923 (AM Thompson), Page Nos. 41,54,65...
<39>OS Card Reference: Arch Rev 1889-90, Volume Nos. 3, Page Nos. 69.
<40>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)City of Rochester upon Medway Kent, 2nd Dec 1991, Page Nos. 108-109.
<41>Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. (1990) 91-151, Volume Nos. 108, Page Nos. 91-151, Fig Nos. 1, Plate Nos. 1.
<42>Collection: Archive relating to the repair and maintenance of Rochester Cathedral fabric.
<43>OS Card Reference: Struth P MAR-1994 RCHME Field Investigation.
<44>Collection: RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London.
<45>Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Excavations at Rochester Cathedral 1990-1995.
<46>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 97 - November, 1964.
<47>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 97 in 1994.
<48>Photograph: PRIOR'S GATE TAKEN FROM SOUTH WEST.. OS51/F42/6. Black and White. Negative.
<49>Photograph: PRIORY OF ST ANDREW - EASTERN CLOISTER TAKEN FROM WEST.. OS51/F43/3. Black and White. Negative.
<50>Photograph: PRIORY OF ST ANDREW - CHAPTER HOUSE FROM NORTH WEST.. OS51/F43/2. Black and White. Negative.
<51>Unpublished document: Keevill Heritage Consultancy. 2009. Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: Report Of Archaeological Survey And Watching Brief In Association With Conservation Work On The South Transept and Lady Chapel, 2007-8.
<52>Unpublished document: Keevill Heritage Consultancy. 2007. Report of an Evaluation in Association with Access Proposals in the North Cloister Walk.
<53>Unpublished document: Alan Ward. 2004. Excavations in Rochester Cathedral Crypt 1999.
<54>Unpublished document: Keevill Heritage Consultancy. 2010. Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: New memorial for the Royal Engineers in the nave south aisle.
<55>Unpublished document: Keevill Heritage Consultancy. 2010. Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent: Report on archaeological recording before and during the construction of new glazed porches at the north and west doors.
<56>Unpublished document: GSB Prospection. 2011. Hidden Treasures Fresh Expressions: GPR Survey of Rochester Cathedral Crypt & South Quire Aisle.
<57>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 33, Pg. 82.
<58>Unpublished document: B.C. Worssam. 2008. The Building Stones of the Lady Chapel and of the South-West Transept of Rochester Cathedral.
<59>Unpublished document: RCRG. 2016. A photographic survey of thirteenth-century pictorial engravings from Rochester Cathedral.
<60>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29388 Rochester Cathedral, ]
<61>Unpublished document: Rochester Cathedral Research Guild. 2018. Rochester Cathedral Research Guild, Geophysical Survey Report.

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