Municipal Borough of Rochester

Rochester
Geography
Status	Municipal borough, City
1911/1931 area	2,936 acres (11.88 km2)
1961 area	3,983 acres (16.12 km2)
HQ	Guildhall, High Street, Rochester
History
Created	1835
Abolished	1974
Succeeded by	Medway
Demography
1911 population	31,384
1931 population	31,193
1961 population	50,143
Politics
Governance	Rochester City Corporation

Rochester was a local government district with the status of borough and city in Kent, England, from 1835 to 1974.

Rochester held city status from an early time and was an ancient borough. The municipal corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

It included the following civil parishes:^[1]

• Part of Chatham
• Part of Frinsbury (became Frinsbury Intra in 1894)
• Rochester Castle Precincts
• Part of Rochester St Margaret (became part of St Margaret Intra in 1894)
• Rochester St Nicholas
• Part of Strood (became Strood Intra in 1894)
• Part of Wouldham (became part of St Margaret Intra in 1894)

In 1934 all parts of the city formed a civil parish of Rochester. Parts of Frindsbury Extra and the abolished Strood Extra parishes from Strood Rural District were gained by the new civil parish and the city.^[1]

It was abolished in 1974 and became part of the larger district of Medway. Initially city status was maintained by charter trustees for the former area of the borough. Following the renaming of the new district to Rochester-upon-Medway in 1979, city status was conferred on the entire district in 1982.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 638–640. ISBN 0901050679.