King James II of England and VII of Scotland stayed at this house as the guest of Sir Richard Head before embarking for France on the 23rd December 1688 when he finally left England — — Map (db m147191) HM
City of Rochester Upon Medway
These naval cannon were excavated during the construction of the new river wall at Riverside in 1993. They have been mounted on new carriages designed to closely represent their original carriages.
This cannon is . . . — — Map (db m118355) HM
Dame Sybil Thorndike,
Actress,
Freeman of the City of Rochester,
and her brother,
Russell Thorndike,
author,
lived in this house from
1884 until 1892
when their father,
the Rev. A.J.W. Thorndike
was a minor canon at the Cathedral — — Map (db m150831) HM
On this site, between the years 1709-1970, stood Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School where the great actor David Garrick was a pupil in 1737. — — Map (db m239980) HM
Eastgate House
Built by the right worshipful
Sir Peter Buck 1590-1.
"Westgate House" "Pickwick Papers"
"The Nun's House" "Edwin Drood" — — Map (db m152840) HM
In Great Expectations the Guildhall is the place where Pip was bound apprentice to Joe Gargery.
"The Hall was a queer place, I thought, with higher pews in it than a church.' — — Map (db m240381) HM
The iron plate outside the footpath marks the spot where stood the last "Justice Tree" in the county.
Pie Powder courts were held here. — — Map (db m147186) HM
Restoration House
Built in 1587. It is said that Charles II stayed here on the night of 28th May 1660 at his Restoration.
The "Satis House" of "Great Expectations" — — Map (db m147193) HM
The imposing red brick Elizabethan mansion behind you is Restoration House; it is a unique city mansion house, an amalgamation of two medieval buildings.
A recently discovered document shows that in the 1580s the owner of Restoration House . . . — — Map (db m240347) HM
There has been an inn on this site since the early 14th Century. Anne of Cleves, Queen Mary Tudor, King Philip of Spain, Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I all stayed here, in addition to other distinguished guests including artist William . . . — — Map (db m239312) HM
This "good house" with "nice beds" described by Mr. Jingle in "Pickwick Papers", is also "The Blue Boar" in "Great Expectations". — — Map (db m240342) HM
This stone commemorates the 300th anniversary of the founding of The French Hospital at La Providence for the relief of poor French Protestant refugees. On this site since 1959, the charity's almshouses continue to serve Huguenots and others — — Map (db m240346) HM
These gardens are called The Vines because in the medieval period, the area was cultivated by monks as a vineyard.
In 1077, Gundulf was ordained Bishop of Rochester. He founded the Benedictine Priory of St Andrew the apostle, at Rochester . . . — — Map (db m240345) HM
Here lived for thirty one years John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Cardinal who laid down his life for his faith on Tower Hill June 22nd 1535 — — Map (db m239314) HM
