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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.
The East Kent Railway built a bridge over the Medway (1853) and taking their line to the North of the Angel, over Gun Lane, and Watling Street then south to Cuxton where it followed the Bush Valley and hence to Sole Street. The London Chatham and Dover built a station on the A2, adjacent to Canal Road, this was called
The ME postcode area, also known as the Rochester postcode area, [2] is a group of 20 postcode districts in South East England, within 11 post towns. These cover north central Kent , including the Medway unitary authority and the borough of Swale , plus parts of the boroughs of Maidstone , Tonbridge and Malling , and Gravesham .
Kent County Council has the largest education department of any local council in Britain, [90] providing school places for over 289,000 pupils. In 2005–06, Kent County Council and Medway introduced a standardised school year, based on six terms, as recommended by the Local Government Association in its 2000 report, "The Rhythms of Schooling ...
Medway is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of Rochester-upon-Medway and Gillingham, and is administered by Medway Council, which is independent from Kent County Council. The borough had a population of 278,016 in 2019. [2]
Aug. 19—ROCHESTER — Proposed changes to Rochester's zoning map are raising concerns in a portion of southwest Rochester as added development flexibility creeps into a historic neighborhood.
Where: 4017 County Road 4. When: 3-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25; and noon-9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26-27. An army of more than 200 skeletons — complete with undead dogs, horses and ...
Bishop Eardulf of Rochester obtained Freandisbery and Wicham in 747. [10] Notwithstanding this in 764, King Offa of Mercia (as overlord) and Sigered (the petty king of this part of Kent) granted 20 sulungs of land at Aeslingham in Freodesbrei to Bishop Eardulf of Rochester. In 778, King Egbert gave more land to the Bishop.