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For much of the 20th century, the council chamber was the meeting place of the City of Rochester [7] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Borough of Medway was formed in 1974. [8] The guildhall became the home of the Guildhall Museum in 1979. [9]
Rochester was a local government district with the status of borough and city in Kent, England, from 1835 to 1974. Rochester held city status from an early time and was an ancient borough. The municipal corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It included the following civil parishes: [1] Part of Chatham
This list of museums in Kent, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...
Rochester (/ ˈ r ɒ tʃ ɪ s t ər / ROTCH-iss-tər) is a town in the unitary authority of Medway, in Kent, England.It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway, about 30 miles (50 km) east-southeast of London.
Rochester Guildhall on the High Street. Somewhat more peacefully 1687 saw the construction of the Guildhall, part financed by Sir Joseph Williamson FRS with the ceiling being given by Sir Cloudesley Shovell. [18] [44] The weathervane is of later work having been first erected in 1780. It is a gilded model of an eighteenth-century fully rigged ...
Strood Rural District was a local government district of Kent from 1894 to 1974. It did not include Strood itself (which formed part of Rochester) and covered a wide area. The offices of Strood Rural District Council were in Frindsbury, Strood; they are now a nursing home called Frindsbury Hall.
Rochester Guildhall This page was last edited on 10 August 2023, at 15:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Richard Watts Charities incorporate Richard Watts Charity set up in the will of Richard Watts in 1579, as well as several other charities in Rochester, Medway.The will originally provided for an almshouse in Rochester High Street: The Poor Travellers House; over time, the money later provided for almshouses in Maidstone Road, along with other accommodation in Rochester, totalling 66 self ...