Pilgrims bring wealth to Medway
St. William of Perth at Rochester, and St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury may well have kickstarted the growth and development of tech economies of Rochester and Strood. Not personally of […]
St. William of Perth at Rochester, and St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury may well have kickstarted the growth and development of tech economies of Rochester and Strood. Not personally of […]
and how they helped evolve our ‘health services’ From Leper houses that ‘hid’ victims – Almshouses – Pest House – Quarantine ships – Infirmaries – to St Williams that was […]
This is an account of the ‘local-life’ of Evelyn Dunbar – an outstanding young woman artist / illustrator who lived and partly trained in Medway, and who documented through her art the […]
News of the Armistice reaches Medway – at 11:30 am on 11 November 1918, the Bells of Rochester Cathedral rung-out to announce Peace. The Armistice with Germany had been anticipated […]
La Providence – The French Hospital The tranquillity of the picturesque French Hospital situated off Rochester High Street, belies a distant history of brutality that required French protestants to escape […]
Bigamist escapes with his life but is hounded out of the City
The brutish life of a ‘reformed’ slave trader This is an account of John Newton (24 July 1725–21 Dec 1807) – a man who was press-ganged at Chatham, who was […]
On 12 February 1554, Lady Jane Grey aged 16 or 17 was beheaded. Was her execution related to events that occurred 17 days earlier in Rochester – which could have […]
Coal-gas balloon flights from Rochester! The invention of the balloon was a technical and theatrical marvel of the 19th Century; balloons, wherever they were inflated or exhibited, drew huge crowds. […]