What is Rochester Cathedral?
[[Image:P4080023.JPG|right|thumb|Exterior of Rochester Cathedral, Kent]] {{Commonscat}} '''Rochester Cathedral''' is a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[church]] in [[Rochester, Kent]], and the cathedral of the [[Anglican]] diocese of Rochester. It was originally founded in 604 AD, and rebuilt by the Normans. The present church was consecrated in 1130. It became a place of pilgrimage after William of Perth was murdered nearby in 1201.<ref>Rochester Cathedral [http://www.rochestercathedral.org/ Official website of Rochester Cathedral] </ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.rochestercathedral.org/ Official website of Rochester Cathedral] *[http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/Rochester.htm A history of the King's School and of the choristers of Rochester Cathedral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510021115/http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/Rochester.htm |date=2012-05-10 }} {{multistub|religion|UK}} [[Category:Anglican cathedrals in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kent]] [[Category:12th-century buildings and structures]]