Tom Finally Convinces Dominic To Go To Chatham High Street

Why is Chatham High-street both futuristic and riddled with the past? Why was it a magnet for historical figures such as King John, Charles II, Nelson and Charles Dickens, and the location for some of the most totemic moments in British history? Is it really a melting pot of every epoch - from the Roman invasion of Britain, to the Napoleonic Wars, and to the Second World War - and therefore the most historically significant high-street in the world?

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00:00 - Trailer
01:43 – Adobe Express
02:28 – Daniel Defoe’s 1724 Tour of Chatham
07:49 – Chatham as Pentagon + Silicon Valley; decline since 1984 dockyard closure
10:54 – The strategic importance of Chatham's geography
14:45 – Elizabeth I establishes royal dockyard (1568)
17:43 – Dutch Raid on the Medway (1667); HMS Royal Charles captured
19:02 – Defoe on Britain’s response: new fortifications, Chatham impregnable
20:16 – Napoleon’s plans for Chatham
21:58 – The importance of Rochester to Christianity
26:49 – Rochester Castle
29:10 – The Peasants’ Revolt
30:01 – Kings who have passed through Rochester
30:51 – Restoration House; Charles II’s stay; Dickens inspiration for Satis House
33:00 – Dickens’ ties to Rochester
38:00 – Uber
38:41 – Gundulf’s chapel, the most holy place on earth?
42:52 – Sir John Hawkins’ almshouses (1592 → rebuilt 1789); slavery profits + naval charity
44:56 – Trafalgar veterans; Queen Mother opens refurbished almshouses (1980s)
46:14 – Chatham pubs
48:49 – Chatham Synagogue
51:32 – Chatham Royal Dockyard (1567 → closed 1984)
54:22 – The Ropery: 1,140 ft long, longest brick building in Britain (1780s); rope machinery (1806)
55:31 – “Where Napoleonic Wars were won”
55:52 – WWII: Chatham’s role
57:59 – The decline of Chatham: decommissioned 1970s, dockyard closure 1984
58:47 – The town that tells all of British history...

Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude
Video Producers: Harry Swan + Jack Meek + Charlie Rodwell
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor