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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 is a town and former city in Kent, England. It is located at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (48 km) from London. The town's location is due to the bridge which carries the Roman Watling Street (now the A2 ) over the river.
Rochester City Council compulsory purchased the land at Rochester Airfield in September 1933 from the landowner as the site for a municipal airport. One month later Short Brothers, who had started building aircraft in 1909 on the Isle of Sheppey, asked for permission to lease the land for test flying and thus began the privileged relationship between the local authority and the aviation industry.
By 1620 the church was poor condition. It was partly demolished, rebuilt, and on 24 September 1624 John Buckeridge, Bishop of Rochester, reconsecrated it. [4] The rebuilt church was completed with Geometric Decorated Gothic tracery windows: an example of 17th-century English Gothic Survival architecture.
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Canterbury's religious role also gave rise to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a key development in the rise of the written English language and ostensibly set in the countryside of Kent. Rochester had its own martyr, William of Perth, and in 1256 Lawrence, Bishop of Rochester travelled to Rome to obtain William's canonisation. [16]
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Rochester Airport (Kent) (ICAO: EGTO) in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names.