Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rochester within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Rochester.-- city, parl. and mun. bor., par., river port and market town, Kent, on river Medway, on W. side of Chatham, and 30 miles SE. of London by rail - par., 2620 ac., pop. 13,890; bor. (extending into the pars. of Chatham, Frindsbury, Strood, and Wouldham), 2909 ac. and 11,768 tidal water and foreshore (being the whole of the river Medway from Hawk Wood, in the par. of Burnham, to Sheerness), pop. 21,307; 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday. Communication between Rochester and Strood is maintained by means of an iron swing bridge. Rochester was a place of great importance to Britons, Romans, and Saxons. The see was founded by Ethelbert, who, about 604, commenced the cathedral. The castle was built in the reign of the Conqueror; the keep still remains, situated on an abrupt eminence, surrounded by public gardens. Rochester has a large implement manufactory, some fisheries, especially of oysters, some shipbuilding, and trade in coal. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Many of the inhabitants are employed in the dockyards of Chatham. Rochester was made a mun. bor. by Henry II., and a parl. bor. by Edward I. It returns 1 member to Parliament; it returned 2 members until 1885.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Rochester and Strood, ry. sta., Rochester, Kent.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Rochester Bridge, ry. sta., Rochester, Kent.
A village in Rochester hundred, in the county of Kent.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
1st Manor
2nd Manor