Rochester Collection (page 5)

Leather Bottle, Cobham
The Leather Bottle pub, in the pretty village of Cobham, near Rochester, Kent, England. immortalised by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers. Date: 1930s

The Eclipse Halter - Advertorial postcard
The Celebrated Eclipse Halter - Horse Tack design patented in 1884. Date: circa 1900s

Rochester, Australia
Hotel Shamrock, Rochester, Victoria, Australia

Woman poses on boat, 1930s
A woman sits between a shiny brass horn and a polished rear view mirror wearing a chic outfit of shorts, striped blouse, white cap and court shoes on the deck of her boat at Rochester in Kent

Posing on a boat at Rochester, 1928
A woman dressed in a fetching outfit of striped blouse, white shorts and beret and high heels, poses on the deck of a boat at Rochester in Kent in 1928

Sign for Mobiloil
An enamel sign advertising Gargoyle Mobiloil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Rochester Guildhall, Kent
An organ grinder drags her organ along the High Street at Rochester, Kent, passing the Guildhall : Baggins wonderful bookshop is further down the street to the left

St Stephens Church, Rochester Row, London
St Stephens Church, Rochester Row, Westminster, London

St Stephens Vicarage and Church, London
St Stephens Church and Vicarage, Rochester Row, London

Fire Station at Rochester Row, Westminster, London

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Rochester Cathedral, Kent, many parts (the Nave, Crypt, etc.) are Norman, with Gothic additions dating from the 12th century. Also restored in the 19th century by Gilbert Scott

Jaspers Gateway
The quaint College Gateway at Rochester, Kent, made famous by Charles Dickens in his last novel " Edwin Drood" and it is still popularly known as " Jaspers Gateway"

Eastgate House
The imposing former home of Charles Dickens, Eastgate House, at Rochester, Kent, England

Rochester / Wyllie 1905
Rochester, Kent: view of the River Medway

Rochester / Kent 1904
Rochester, Kent: the bridge over the Medway

Home of Charles Dickens at Gadshill, Kent
The country home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent

Rochester / John Wilmot
JOHN WILMOT 2nd EARL of ROCHESTER English poet

De Ruiter in Medway Col
A Dutch fleet commanded by De Ruiter sails up the Thames and burns English shipping in the Medway at Rochester

De Ruiter in Medway
A Dutch fleet commanded by De Ruiter sails up the Thames and burns English shipping in the Medway at Rochester

John Fisher (De Brij)
JOHN FISHER - Bishop of Rochester, Kent

Rochester Castle / 1845
Rochester Castle, Kent: interior view

High Rochester Fort
A view of the site of the outpost fort at High Rochester during early excavations in the mid 19th century. The fort guarded the principal Roman road into Scotland

Odo Leaves Rochester
Odo of Bayeux, unable to regain power, conspires against William II and is exiled from England : the illustration shows him leaving Rochester Castle, Kent

Charles Lord Halifax
CHARLES MONTAGU, LORD halifax ROCHESTER statesman and poet with his autograph

Lawrence Earl Rochester
LAWRENCE HYDE, earl of ROCHESTER statesman with his autograph

Jane Roberts
JANE ROBERTS clergymans daughter, mistress to Charles II for a while, then to the earl of Rochester. with her autograph

Charles Hammond
CHARLES HAMMOND American preacher of Rochester, N.Y. who investigated the Fox sisters, subsequently became a medium himself

Fox Sisters, Rapping
THE FOX SISTERS Dr Austin Flint of Rochester seeks to demonstrate that the Fox sisters fake their raps, by showing that cracking the knee produces a similar sound

Rochester Castle 19C
View of Rochester Castle

Fisher (Larmessin)
JOHN FISHER - English cardinal and Bishop of Rochester

Dickens, Assoc. Place
His home at GADs HILL, near Rochester, Kent

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