A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "city, parliamentary and municipal borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Rochester |
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