Rochester City Wall (The Gatehouse Record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1003361, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number me154
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1086506
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 416085.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) TQ 76 NW 357 and others.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Kent History Forum
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2013, Medieval Walled Towns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 122-3
  Tatton-Brown, T., 2006, 'The topography and buildings of medieval Rochester' in Ayers, T. and Tatton-Brown, T. (eds), Medieval art, architecture and archaeology at Rochester (Leeds: British Archaeological Association and Maney Publishing) p. 22-37
  Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 22, 23, 40, 46, 47, 55-6, 65, 70, 147, 163, 180, 261
  Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 65
  Bragard, P., Termote, J. and Williams, J., 1999, Walking the walls: historic town defences in Kent, Côte d'Opale and West Flanders (Maidstone: Kent County Council) p. 33-40
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 124-6
  Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report 61) p. 92-116 online copy
  Haslam, J. (ed), 1984, Anglo-Saxon towns in southern England (Phillimore) p. 12-16
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 239
  Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) The plans and topography of medieval towns in England and Wales (CBA Research Report 14) p. 57-71 plan p. 66 download/view online
  Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 158-9
  Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol. 2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p. 814-5
  Page, Wm (ed), 1932, VCH Kent Vol. 3 p. 81
  Becker, M.J., 1930, Rochester Bridge 1387-1856 Chap1
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co) p. 205-7
  Hasted, Edward, 1798 (2edn), The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent Vol. 4 p. 45- online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Ward, Alan, 2015, 'Medieval Rochester' Castle Studies Group Bulletin Vol. 19 p. 4-10
  Ward, Alan, 2011, 'The Great Gate And Other Confusing Bits Of Archaeology In Rochester' Kent Archaeological Review Vol. 186 p. 142-54
  Creighton, Oliver, 2006, ''Castles of Communities': Medieval Town Defences in England; Wales and Gascony' Château Gaillard Vol. 22 p. 75-86
  Renn, Derek, 2004, 'Refortification at Rochester in the 1220s: A Public/Private Partnership?' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 124 p. 343-63 online copy
  Bacchus, D., 1986, 'Excavations at the south-east bastion, Rochester city wall' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 110 p. 129-138 online copy
  Flight, C. and Harrison, A.C.,1986, 'The southern defences of medieval Rochester' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 103 p. 1-26 online copy
  Harrison, A.C.,1981, 'Rochester, 1974-5' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 97 p. 95-136 online copy
  Harrison, A.C. and Williams, D., 1979, 'Excavations at Prior's Gate House, Rochester, 1967-77' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 95 p. 19-36 online copy
  Harrison, A.C., 1976, 'Reports from Local Secretaries and Groups' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 92 p. 253 online copy
  Harrison, A.C., 1975, 'Investigations and Excavations during the Year' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 91 p. 211-2 online copy
  Harrison, A.C., 1972, ' Rochester East Gate, 1969' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 87 p. 121-158 online copy
  (Harrison), 1970, 'Medieval Britain in 1969' Medieval Archaeology Vol. 14 p. 182-3 view copy
  Harrison. A.C. and Flight, C., 1968, 'The Roman and Medieval Defences of Rochester in the Light of Recent Excavations' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 83 p. 55-104 online copy
  1965, 'Report for 1965' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 80 p. lv-lvi
  1963, 'Report for 1963' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 78 p. liv
  1962, 'Report for 1962 Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 77 p. xlix
  Harrison, A.C., 1961, 'Report for 1961' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 76 p. lxxiv
  Livett, G.M., 1895, 'Medieval Rochester' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 21 p. 17-72 (theories of Norman extensions now made untenable) online copy
  Payne, G., 1895, 'Roman Rochester' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 21 p. 1-16 online copy
  Poste, W.B., 1859, 'Ancient Rochester, or Durobrivae, viewed as the site of a Roman camp and station' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 2 p. 65-72 online copy
  1854, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 9 p. 424-5 online copy
  Poste, W.B., 1849, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 6 p. 30-7
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- The Great Roll of the Pipe for the fifth year of the reign of King Richard I, Michaelmas 1193 (Pipe Roll Society 41) p. 166 (repair of walls in 1193)
  Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1833, Rotuli litterarum clausarum in turri Londinensi asservati (Record Commission) Vol. 2 p. 56 (grant of money for walls in 1225) online copy
  Evans, D.L. (ed), 1961, Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III (1260-1267) Vol. 5 p. 104 (grant of money for walls in 1262) online copy
  Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1909, Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1396-99) Vol. 6 p. 137 (Writ of aid to arrest workmen to work on walls) online copy
  - Also see the Gatehouse murage pages for full details of murage grants, petitions and other such.
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain online copy
  Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 250
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1909, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 4 p. 45 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Kent County Council, December 2004, Kent Historic Towns Survey (Kent County Council and English Heritage) view online copy

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