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ROCHESTER ROSE GARDEN :
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Rochester falls is the widest waterfall in Mauritius and, in addition, is well known for its rectangular flanking rocks. Photographed on the Savanne River, a couple of kilometres from Souillac.
The West Front
The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rochester, is England's second oldest after nearby Canterbury. The present building dates back to the work of the French monk Bishop Gundulf in 1083. Gilbert de Glanville who was the bishop between 1185–1214 commenced the rebuilding of the east end of the cathedral in around 1190.
The glorious Norman architecture of the nave and parts of the crypt are among some of the finest in England.
This is my home town and it is full of history, including a 12th century castle and cathedral and of course the regular Charles Dickens festivals
BRIDGE NAME: Rochester Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: Calapooya Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Sutherlin
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 80 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1933
REMODELED: 1969
Other Notes: A bridge with an interesting history of survival. It could have been a total loss back in the late 1950's. County workers had already torched one covered bridge in the vicinity, so, the locals feared their bridge was next. A small group of residents armed themselves and kept watch overnight, refusing to leave until the county promised not to burn their bridge. The county commissioners agreed the next day. The design of this bridge is unique among Oregon roofed structures, featuring windows having graceful, curved tops.
Rochester Cathedral is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent.
The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The edifice is a Grade I listed building.
Rochester Castle
Originally started between 1087-1089, the castle at Rochester sits at a strategic location on the River Medway between the English Channel coast and the city of London, the castle was altered over the centuries, with the main stone keep being built in 1127.
Originally started between 1087-1089, the castle at Rochester sits at a strategic location on the River Medway between the English Channel coast and the city of London, the castle was altered over the centuries, with the main stone keep being built in 1127.
Brighten your holidays in downtown Rochester with The Big, Bright Light Show. The buildings in downtown Rochester will be covered with more than 1.5 million points of glimmering holiday light. It will be lit every evening from November 19 - January 6. As a bonus, the lights will be aglow every weekend in January through the Fire & Ice Festival. Be sure to check out the wonderful Rochester businesses while you gaze at the city’s lit-up beauty.
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New Hampshire Northcoast train D8 picks up speed approaching Old Milton Road in Rochester after working Tri-City.
Brighten your holidays in downtown Rochester with The Big, Bright Light Show. The buildings in downtown Rochester will be covered with more than 1.5 million points of glimmering holiday light. It will be lit every evening from November 19 - January 6. As a bonus, the lights will be aglow every weekend in January through the Fire & Ice Festival. Be sure to check out the wonderful Rochester businesses while you gaze at the city’s lit-up beauty.
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Rochester Cathedral as seen from the top of the castle opposite. Norman Gothic architecture built 1079-1238.
Rochester Cathedral
The Crossing
The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rochester, is England's second oldest after nearby Canterbury. The present building dates back to the work of the French monk Bishop Gundulf in 1083. Gilbert de Glanville who was the bishop between 1185–1214 commenced the rebuilding of the east end of the cathedral in around 1190.
The glorious Norman architecture of the nave and parts of the crypt are among some of the finest in England.
The Vines is currently a place to sit away from the noise and traffic of Rochester.
A recently discovered document shows that in the 1580's the owner of Restoration House leased The Vines from the dean and chapter of Rochester Cathedral.
Tha lease describes The Vines , as "That piece of ground which was formerly the vinyard of the monastery
Charles Dickens new The Vines as a medow bounded on one side by the priory wall. The Vines was dominated by a copse of huge elm trees known as The Seven Sisters.
He used The Vines in many of his books
Thank you for your visit
Have a great day, whatever day, you are reading this
Brighten your holidays in downtown Rochester with The Big, Bright Light Show. The buildings in downtown Rochester will be covered with more than 1.5 million points of glimmering holiday light. It will be lit every evening from November 19 - January 6. As a bonus, the lights will be aglow every weekend in January through the Fire & Ice Festival. Be sure to check out the wonderful Rochester businesses while you gaze at the city’s lit-up beauty.
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No. 5 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - Rochester Castle - State Apartments - Great Hall
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
State- Apartments - Great Hall.
Looking back on the illustrative picture - we are looking down into the Great Hall from the Minstrels Gallery, similar to the one in the top right hand of the photograph. These large arches with wooden partitions would have divided this level of the keep into two rooms. The joists for the floor boards would have engaged with the holes below the arches and that groove on the right.
Note the Norman architecture - a capital at the top of a column and chevron decorations on the arch.
This is the level of the state apartments. Here the cross wall is replaced by an arcade of magnificent columns and supporting arches, which separate the Great Hall from the Great Chamber beyond. For most of the time the larger arches were blocked off by wooden, later stone, partitions.
These rooms would have been the most luxurious in the keep, representing the height of good living for the period. Today we can only imagine the trappings of wealth that would have graced this room when a feast or ceremony took place. The hall would have been full of people dressed in their finest clothes, and the walls would be covered with decorative hangings. Guide-board.
'Magnificent ruin!...What a study for an antiquarian!'
The impressive Norman castle at Rochester had a humbling effect upon Dickens, reminding him perhaps of his own mortality. In Household Words he wrote: 'I surveyed the massive ruin from the Bridge, and thought what a brief little practical joke I seemed to be, in comparison with the solidarity, stature, strength and length of life.' In Dickens' time the castle looked very different. Houses and workshops filled much of the moat by the cathedral, the keep and towers were festooned with ivy and the waters of the River Medway lapped the base of the walls. - Guidemap
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Rochester Castle
Originally started between 1087-1089, the castle at Rochester sits at a strategic location on the River Medway between the English Channel coast and the city of London, the castle was altered over the centuries, with the main stone keep being built in 1127.
Brighten your holidays in downtown Rochester with The Big, Bright Light Show. The buildings in downtown Rochester will be covered with more than 1.5 million points of glimmering holiday light. It will be lit every evening from November 19 - January 6. As a bonus, the lights will be aglow every weekend in January through the Fire & Ice Festival. Be sure to check out the wonderful Rochester businesses while you gaze at the city’s lit-up beauty.
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The diesel facilities at Rochester, NY on March 24, 1979. Sometimes it was packed with power and sometimes there was not much there, such as in this view. RS-11 #7600, a "Dewitt Geep", and a SW1500 are all that is there on this day. It was not uncommon to find a good number of Alco products here, mainly RS-32's and RS-11's.
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 NW 7/56 No 44 24.10.50 GV II House with shop (not used as a dwelling at time of re-survey, 1988). Substantially late C16, re-modelled in the late C17 with C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed with weatherboarding and brick cladding, and rubble plinth to side elevation. Kent tile gable end roof. Lateral brick stack. 2 unit end jetty plan, sub-divided into 3 units when present stairs inserted in late C17. 2 storeys and attic. 2 window range standing end-on to High Street. Front, weatherboarded throughout, deep 1st floor jetty. All windows with moulded wooden cornices and surrounds; hornless sashes (6 panes to single attic window, 12 panes elsewhere). Late C19 shop window, curved to corner with Two Posts Alley. Slender vertical glazing posts, contemporary door with modern glazing. Tiled floor to entrance. Left-hand return weatherboarded. Right hand return with brick and plaster infill; small 2-light casement window to 2nd floor, 12-pane hornless sash to 1st; windows blocked to ground floor. Side wall continues as rubble plinth and contains a C16 doorway, possibly not in situ, square-headed with cyma-recta moulded surround and chalice stops. (Note: the roof above this side is sprocketted, and the jettying towards Two Posts Alley represents a later alteration and is not part of the original plan; part of the rear extension may have been removed). Rear with 2-light attic casement window and 12- pane hornless sash to 1st and ground floor; weatherboarded throughout. Interior: little visible at ground floor level. Framing intact to 1st and 2nd floors. Principal intersecting ceiling beams (chamfered and stopped) divide the building into 2 rooms to each floor; later partitions introduced when lateral stair inserted; framed newel stair with turned balusters and ball finials (many missing) on square-section newels; side purlin roof with wind braces. Some later furnishings survive: late C18 fireplace with panelled frieze, dentilled cornice and moulded surround; moulded corner cupboard; some plank doors with spur hinges.