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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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High Street Rochester Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles from London. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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The Bridge Chamber, Rochester The Bridge Chamber is first mentioned in the records in the wardens’ accounts for 1398, but little is known about the medieval bridge chamber. During the reformation of the bridge administration in the late 16th century, a new bridge chamber was constructed between July and September 1585. This building comprised the upper storey of a newly built house adjoining the redundant bridge chapel on the north and featured a stained glass window of Normandy glass displaying the arms of Elizabeth I. In 1627, a new bridge chamber was constructed above the western entrance to The Crown Inn yard at the cost of £101 4s. 5d. Approached from a staircase in the inn yard at the rear of the building, this 17th-century bridge chamber, or audit chamber as it was called in the accounts, was furnished with tables, two red leather chairs, and twelve stools for the meetings of the two wardens and 12 assistants. In 1735, this furniture was replaced with a set of 14 walnut chairs, followed in 1785 by a further set of 14 mahogany chairs, both sets inlaid with the wardens’ coat of arms. In 1735, under the leadership of the Senior Warden Dr. John Thorpe, the decayed ancient porch at the west end of the adjoining bridge chapel was taken down and a new facade of Portland stone erected in its place. On the ground floor this porch allowed access to the chapel, which since the suppression of chantry chapels during the Reformation had been refurbished and let as a dwelling house. On the first storey this porch, furnished with wainscot presses, housed the muniment room for the bridge records. A door opening into the bridge chamber allowed the wardens access to the bridge records. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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River Medway at Rochester The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: the "Old" bridge and "New" bridge carrying the A2 road, "Railway" bridge carrying the railway and the "Service" bridge carrying service pipes and cables. The bridge links the towns of Strood and Rochester in Medway. All except the railway bridge are owned and maintained by the Rochester Bridge Trust. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D850 |
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Tornado approaches Rochester Station 60163 Tornado pulling "Steam Dreams" trip This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION Model: NIKON D300S |
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