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Project: Kent - Rochester
No. 3 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - High Street
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
High Street, Rochester
Pips of Rochester
(01634408447),
85 High Street,
Rochester, Kent, ME1 1LX - - (Greengrocers)
Rochester Cameras was established in December 1986 by Les Hayes. He was joined by his son Tony a year later. The business grew and two extra members of staff were needed: John Reeve and Grant Nixon. This website was developed by Lea Hayes. All members of staff have a background in photography and years of experience in the photographic trade.
We carry huge stocks of photographic equipment, telescopes, binoculars, tripods, holdalls, plus digital cameras and accessories. We also specialise in quality used equipment and collectables. www.rochester-cameras.com/Info.aspx?info=1
This is High Street, part of Watling Street.
Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad portum Dubris" - from London to the port of Dover. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wæcelinga Stræt, which has come to be understood as the A2 road from Dover to London, and then the A5 road from London to Wroxeter. Originally the word "street" simply meant a paved road (Latin: "via strata"), and did not have the modern association with populated areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watling_Street
the Roman road from London to Kent coast. Countless travellers have passed this way since Roman times, because it remained the main highway to the Continent until the 20th Century. The High Street formed part of the A2 trunk route up to 1980.
Rochester was an important centre even before the Romans settled here soon after 43A.D. Their encampment developed into a walled town called Durobrivae, which means 'The stronghold by the bridge.' Long stretches of the remaining medieval city wall follow the line of these earliest Roman defences. One part visible from the High Street has survived to its full height, complete with battlements, because it once formed part of the 19th century building - now demolished - which housed Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.
A Walk around the City of Rochester
To see Large:-
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Taken on
July 18, 2007 at 12:27 BST
Project: Kent - Rochester
No. 3 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - High Street
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
High Street, Rochester
Pips of Rochester
(01634408447),
85 High Street,
Rochester, Kent, ME1 1LX - - (Greengrocers)
Rochester Cameras was established in December 1986 by Les Hayes. He was joined by his son Tony a year later. The business grew and two extra members of staff were needed: John Reeve and Grant Nixon. This website was developed by Lea Hayes. All members of staff have a background in photography and years of experience in the photographic trade.
We carry huge stocks of photographic equipment, telescopes, binoculars, tripods, holdalls, plus digital cameras and accessories. We also specialise in quality used equipment and collectables. www.rochester-cameras.com/Info.aspx?info=1
This is High Street, part of Watling Street.
Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad portum Dubris" - from London to the port of Dover. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wæcelinga Stræt, which has come to be understood as the A2 road from Dover to London, and then the A5 road from London to Wroxeter. Originally the word "street" simply meant a paved road (Latin: "via strata"), and did not have the modern association with populated areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watling_Street
the Roman road from London to Kent coast. Countless travellers have passed this way since Roman times, because it remained the main highway to the Continent until the 20th Century. The High Street formed part of the A2 trunk route up to 1980.
Rochester was an important centre even before the Romans settled here soon after 43A.D. Their encampment developed into a walled town called Durobrivae, which means 'The stronghold by the bridge.' Long stretches of the remaining medieval city wall follow the line of these earliest Roman defences. One part visible from the High Street has survived to its full height, complete with battlements, because it once formed part of the 19th century building - now demolished - which housed Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.
A Walk around the City of Rochester
To see Large:-
farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3641376759_65fb90411c_b.jpg
Taken on
July 18, 2007 at 12:27 BST