In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rochester like this:
ROCHESTER, a village and a township in Elsdon parish, Northumberland. The village stands on Watling-street, near the river Reed, 5 miles N W of Otterburn; bears the name of High Rochester, to distinguish it from three other small places in the county; occupiespart of the site of the Roman Bremenium, on the brow of a rugged eminence; and has a post-office, of the name of Rochester, under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ...
Bremeniumwas a great Roman station, and a stipendiary city; and has left extensive and interesting remains. The fortifiedarea comprises about 6 acres; is still enclosed, on twosides, by three walls; has remains of an inner wall, 7 feetthick; retains well-preserved masonry of the W gate, and distinct traces of the street-lines and their houses; wasexcavated, shortly before 1864, by order of the Duke of Northumberland; and yielded, both then and previously, a great number and variety of Roman relics. Two peel-towers, built out of Roman masonry, are within the area- The township bears the name of Rochester-Ward, and comprises 22,068 acres. Pop., 406. Houses, 74. Most of the land is moor and mountain-Horsley church is 1½mile from the village; and there is a national school.
Rochester through time
Rochester is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rochester itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rochester, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9638
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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