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19 de jun. de 2024 · Gloucestershire, administrative, geographic, and historic county of southwestern England. It lies at the head of the River Severn estuary on the border with Wales. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover somewhat different areas.
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Há 4 dias · 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.
15 de jun. de 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.
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Há 1 dia · 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.
Há 4 dias · A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds Covering the 18 parishes of the Cotswold hundreds of Bisley and Longtree and includes the market towns of Stroud, Tetbury, Painswick, and Minchinhampton.
3 de jun. de 2024 · 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.
Há 4 dias · 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 .
