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: * Part of Chatham * Part of Frindsbury (became Frindsbury Intra in 1894) * Rochester Castle Precincts * Part of (became part of in 1894) * * Part of Strood (became in 1894) * Part of Wouldham (became part of in 1894)