The Rathbone family lived in Smarden at Hegg Hill during World War Two. This film is based on the fascinating memoir written by Lettice Rathbone for the Women's Institute and covers events such as the army coming back from Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and how the village prepared for invasion. Her sister Marion also wrote about village life in WW2 which you can read here.

To celebrate the opening of Smarden's new Community Store and Post Office, this is the story of our village shops, Post Office and shopkeepers over the past 600 years.

A heroic doctor, contagion, lockdown, shocking fatalities. A scenario only too familiar to us today, but this is what happened in the Kent village of Smarden 350 years ago. This is a forgotten episode in the history of a rural village that resonates strongly with us now.

Shot in 2005, this film tells the story of Smarden from early obscurity to its golden age of broadcloth and back again, as told by present-day villagers. This is the second of two videos.

This film was shot in 2005 and tells Smarden's long and eventful story, from obscurity to its golden weaving years and back again, described in the voices of its present day villagers. This is Part One of Two episodes.

The Hon. Secretary of the KAS interviews Lady Sondes and her estate manager, Elizabeth Roberts to get the estate's perspective of the KAS archaeological excavations at Lees Court Estate.

Archaeologists Steve Willis, Keith Parfitt and Richard Taylor discuss the initial findings from the May 2018 excavation of the ring ditch in Stringman's Field.

The History Project explores the the history of place names in Kent.

Historian Michael Wood discusses the significance of the 12th-century manuscript Textus Roffensis at Rochester Cathedral.

Dr Christopher Monk reads from the Rochester Bridgework List recorded in Textus Roffensis at Rochester Cathedral.

Dr Christopher Monk tells the story behind the fraudulant foundation charter of Rochester Cathedral contained within the 12th-century Textus Roffensis.

Lara Meredith speaking in 2015 of her conservation of The Vinegar Bible from the Chapter Library of Rochester Cathedral.

Dr Christopher Monk examines the scribal practices in Textus Roffensis at Rochester Cathedral.

Dr Christopher Monk explores the genealogy of the Anglo-Saxon kings as recorded in Rochester Cathedral’s Textus Roffensis.

Ancient Rome Live brings you virtually to the streets and sites of Rome and Empire through original videos of museums collections, archaeological sites, ancient monuments, as well as special topic seminars, on site.