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The Saxons founded a cathedral here by King Ethelbert, but it predominately is Norman. The town has a long history with Romans and Celtic adding to the mix of architecture.
The Romans established a settlement here followed by the Anglo-Saxons who called it Hrofesceaster from which the present name derives.
Charles Dickens used the cathedral in many of his books not all under the name of Rochester.
In the High St is the Guildhall built in 1687 with its red brick on Doric columns and above its tiled roof is a cupola surmounted by a weathervane in the shape of a full rigged ship.
The George Hotel in the High St was originally built in 1600 and remodelled as a coaching inn in the 18th century. It stands on the site of an earlier church and still retains a vault dating from 1325.
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