The Six Poor Travellers' House.
The Six Poor Travellers House is a 16th-century charity house in Rochester, Medway, founded by the local MP Richard Watts to provide free lodgings for poor travellers. Watts left money in his will for the benefit of six poor travellers, each of whom, according to a plaque on the outside of the building, would be given lodging and entertainment for one night before being sent on his way with fourpence.
The house was the inspiration for Charles Dickens' short story The Seven Poor Travellers (with Dickens himself, as narrator, being the seventh traveller).Watts' benevolence and the Dickens story are remembered during Rochester's fancy dress Dickensian Christmas Festival
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6 Poor Travellers' House - Did You Know?
Did you know the connection between the 6 Poor Traveller's building in Rochester, and Charles Dickens's novel The Seven Poor Travellers?
Charles Dickens-related Sites - Rochester, England, United Kingdom
Located about 30 miles ESE of London, Rochester has a long history, with evident of early Celtic and Roman settlement in the area. It is home to the second oldest bishopric in England, and it was formally recognized as a city in 1211.
In 1856, Charles Dickens moved to Gads Hill Place in Highham, Kent, across River Medway from Rochester. Dickens lived there the rest of his life, and he wrote several of his well-known works there. Several buildings in the Rochester area became settings for scenes in his stories and novels.
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E13A2625 - View of High Street at Eastgate
E13A2638 - The Swiss Chalet behind Eastgate House; a gift to Charles Dickens, it was originally assembled across from his house on Gads Hill; it was in the chalet where Dickens did much of his later writing; the Swiss Chalet was relocated behind Eastgate House in Rochester; Eastgate House is home to a Dickens museum; it was featured as Westgate in The Pickwick Papers
E13A2656 - The Six Poor Travellers House on High Street was established as a charity house in the 1500s; it inspired the Charles Dickens story The Seven Poor Travellers
E13A2683 - Guildhall on High Street; built in 1697, its chamber is featured in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations
E13A2676 - The Princess Hall a.k.a. Corn Exchange was built in 1698 and is worth checking out
E13A2672 - Chertsey's Gate once marked the boundary between Rochester and the Rochester Cathedral; formerly known as Cemetery Gate and now as College Gate, it appeared as Jasper's Gate in the Charles Dickens novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood
E13A2786 - Rochester Cathedral as seen from atop Rochester Castle; the cathedral was built between 1079 and 1238; the Diocese of Rochester dates back to the early 600s, the second oldest bishopric in England
E13A2760 - Rochester Castle dates back to the 11th century; its keep, or tower, dates to the 12th century and is generally regarded as one of the best preserved keeps in the United Kingdom
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Upnor Castle
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Eastgate House, Rochester
Step inside Eastgate House and explore a maze of beautiful rooms and displays telling the stories of those who lives there throughout the centuries.
Rochester Esplanade
A Walk Along Rochester Esplanade.
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Charles Dickens' Chalet, Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent, UK [4K]
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CHARLES DICKENS & ROCHESTER Lord, Keep My Memory Green
Gads Hill Place Higham his childhood dream and his last home.
The Underpass which led to his Swiss Chalet a gift from Swiss actor Charles Fechter in 1859.
Restoration House.
Six poor Travellers.
Honeymoon cottage in Chalk Village.
Memorial Plaque South Quire Aisle Rochester Cathedral.
Catherine Dickens and the elder children.
Music Introit for Violin & Orchestra by Gerald Finzi
Rochester
A 3 minute film shot around my hometown of Rochester in Kent.
Its starts with Restoration House in Crow lane then quickly passes through the high street, around Rochester Cathedral and Castle ending up at Rochester Bridge. There was a lot I couldn't include due to scaffolding such as Eastgate House and the Swiss Chalet.
The film was shot on a Canon Legria HF G25 camcorder and 2 x 4K time lapses from a Gopro Hero 4 Silver edited on Adobe Premiere Elements 13
People of Medway Project - Silvia & Andy Nimmo
The Six Poor Travellers' House in Rochester
The name of the house derives from the poor travellers who were provided with one night's lodging, in the six bedrooms, built at the rear of the almshouse, in the 16th Century. It now is a museum curated by Silvia and Andy Nimmo. Silvia is British and she met her husband in Zimbabwe where they lived for decades. Andy was born in Zimbabwe. After the independence of the country in 1980 the situation started to change and it became dangerous for them to stay. With only a suitcase, a few pennies and their two sons they left and started a new life in England.
People of Medway Project:
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2-Minute Britain: Rochester Castle, town and river
A 2 minute look at Rochester Castle, the town centre and the river - if you don't know the area, you'd love to visit.
Next morning after 2012 first snowfall in Rochester - Kent
Next morning after 2012 first snowfall in Rochester - Kent
Corn Exchange Rochester 13-12-13
DJ Tone and DJ Ian Skinner
Roads From The Past
A Short Animated History of Britain's Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
THE SHORT BROTHERS ROCHESTER Seaplanes & Flying Boats on the Medway
The Short Brothers Aviation pioneers Seaplanes & Flying - boats
Rochester 1914 - 1948
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Cello Concerto (2nd movement)
Ernest John Moeran
Raphael Wallfisch
Bournemouth Sinf
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
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