Situated to the west of Rochester, the pretty village of Cobham is well known to all readers of "Pickwick Papers" because of the Leather Bottle Inn, to which Tracy Tupman fled. The main attraction of Cobham is the enormous church of St Mary Magdalene with 18 brass memorial slabs dating from the 14th-16th century. The slabs feature pictures of
knights, ladies and priests showing visitors a good deal about the dress and weapons of those times. Cobham College was founded in 1382 by Sir John de Cobham and was turned into an old people's home in 1598.
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