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5 giorni fa · A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester The volume takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century.
28 mag 2024 · Gloucester, which was the shire town of Gloucestershire from the late Anglo-Saxon period, was sometimes styled civitas in the 11th and 12th centuries. Later it was always styled a town or borough until 1541, when on the founding the see of Gloucester, it was made a city by charter.
21 mag 2024 · Gloucester was the Roman colonia of Glevum, founded by the emperor Nerva (reigned 96–98 ce). The foundation of the abbey of St. Peter by King Osric of Northumbria in 681 favoured the town’s growth, and it became the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
2 giorni fa · Gloucester's development as a commercial and manufacturing centre in the mid and late 19th century and the growth of a large working-class population had a distinct influence on its social and cultural life.
4 giorni fa · A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. The history of the six parishes in Westbury hundred and the sixteen in Whitstone hundred. Both hundreds abut the River Severn. Victoria County History - Gloucestershire. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1972.
4 giorni fa · This volume contains the histories of the 22 parishes in the hundreds of Brightwells Barrow and Rapsgate, extending from the Cotswold escarpment above Gloucester to the Thames at Lechlade and including much of the Churn, Coln, and Leach valleys.
4 giorni fa · The Bristol and Gloucester railway line and a station in the west of the parish were opened in 1844; (fn. 122) the station was closed in 1964. (fn. 123) The Great Western line, with a station immediately south-east of Stonehouse village and halts at Ebley and Cainscross, was opened in 1845.
