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Gloucester is a city

City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarchy to a select group of communities. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city"....
, district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
and county town

County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
of Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

South West England

South West England is one of the regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area, and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly....
region of England

England

Wales

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border, and on the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales....
, approximately north-east of Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
, and south-southwest of Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
.

Gloucester was founded in AD 48 by the Romans

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
as Glevum, and was granted its first charter in 1155 by King Henry II

Henry II of England

Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
. Economically, the city is dominated by the service industries, and has a strong financial and business sector, being home to the bank Cheltenham & Gloucester

Cheltenham & Gloucester

Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is a mortgage and savings provider in the United Kingdom, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. C&G specialises in mortgages and savings products....
and historically was prominent in the aerospace

Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
industry.

cester is the county town

County town

Gloucestershire

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Gloucester is a city

City status in the United Kingdom

Non-metropolitan district

County town

Gloucestershire

South West England

England

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
border, and on the River Severn

River Severn

Bristol

Birmingham

Roman Empire

Henry II of England

Cheltenham & Gloucester

Aerospace

Character

Gloucester is the county town

County town

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, and is the 53^rd largest settlement in the UK by population. In 2001 the city proper had a population of 123,205. However the built-up area extends beyond the city boundary. The 2001 census gave the population of the whole "Gloucester Urban Area" as 136,203.

It is located on the eastern bank of the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales....
, west north west of London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It is sheltered by the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England", an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
to the east, while the Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangle plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the Gloucester to the east....
and the Malvern Hills rise prominently to the west and north, respectively.

Gloucester is a port

Harbor

A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural....
, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal or Gloucester and Berkeley Canal is a canal in the west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness; for much of its length it runs close to the tidal River Severn, but cuts off a significant loop in the river, at a once-dangerous bend near Arlingham....
which runs from Gloucester's docks to the Severn Estuary

Severn Estuary

The Severn Estuary is the estuary of the River Severn, the longest river in Great Britain. Its high tidal range means it has been at the centre of discussions in the UK regarding renewable energy....
, allowing larger ships to reach the docks than would be possible on the tidal reaches of the river itself. The wharfs, warehouses and the docks themselves fell into considerable disrepair until their renovation in the 1980s. They now form a public open space. Some warehouses now house the National Waterways Museum

National Waterways Museum

The National Waterways Museum holds the inland waterways collection at three museum sites in England: Gloucester, Ellesmere Port, and Stoke Bruerne....
, others were converted into luxury residential apartments, shops and bars. Additionally, the is located in the Custom House. The port still houses the most inland RNLI lifeboat

Lifeboat (rescue)

The meaning of lifeboat or motor lifeboat described in this article is that of 'a shore-based boat designed with special features for searching for, rescuing and saving the lives of people in peril at sea in inshore waters'....
in the UK.

History

Roman times

The traditional existence of a British

Brython

Historically, the Britons were the P-Celtic indigenous peoples inhabiting the island of Great Britain south of the river Forth. They were speakers of the Brythonic languages and shared common cultural traditions; the surviving P-Celtic languages are Welsh language, Cornish language and Breton....
settlement at Gloucester (Caer Glow, Gleawecastre, Gleucestre) is not confirmed by any direct evidence, but Gloucester was the Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
municipality of Colonia Nervia Glevensium, or Glevum, founded in the reign of Nerva

Nerva

Marcus Cocceius Nerva was a Roman Emperor who reigned from AD 96 until his death in 98. Nerva acceded to this position at the advanced age of 65, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the rulers of the Flavian dynasty--Vespasian, Titus and Domitian....
. Parts of the walls can be traced, and many remains and coins have been found, though inscriptions are scarce. Evidence for some civic life after the end of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
includes the mention in the Historia Brittonum that Vortigern

Vortigern

Vortigern , also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in Sub-Roman Britain, a leading king of the Britons. His existence is considered likely, though information about him is shrouded in legend....
's grandfather ruled Gloucester. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English language chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The annals were created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great....
, Gloucester passed briefly to Wessex

Wessex

West Saxon redirects here. For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex .Wessex , from the Old English Westseaxe , was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, under the Wessex dynasty....
from the Battle of Deorham

Battle of Deorham

The Battle of Deorham was fought in southwestern Britain in 577, between the Saxons of Wessex and the Brython to their west. Deorham is usually taken to refer to Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, on the Cotswold escarpment a few miles north of Bath, Somerset....
in 577 until 584, when it came under the control of Mercia

Mercia

Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands....
.

Saxon times

Gloucester (Glowancestre, 1282) derives from the Anglo-Saxon for fort (Old English ceaster) preceded by the Roman stem Glev- (pronounced glaiw). In Old Welsh

Old Welsh language

Old Welsh is the label attached to the Welsh language from the time it developed from the Brythonic language, generally thought to be in the period between the middle of the 6th century and the middle of the 7th century, until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh language....
, the city was known as Caerloyw, caer = castle, and loyw from gloyw = glowing/bright. Gloucester was captured by the Saxons in 577. Its situation on a navigable river, and the foundation in 681 of the abbey of St Peter by Æthelred, favoured the growth of the town; and before the Norman Conquest of England, Gloucester was a borough governed by a portreeve

Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
, with a castle which was frequently a royal residence, and a mint.

In the early tenth century the remains of Saint Oswald

Oswald of Northumbria

Oswald was List of monarchs of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is now venerated as a Christian saint. He was the son of ?thelfrith of Northumbria and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira once again un...
were brought to a small church in Gloucester, bringing many pilgrims to the town.

The core street layout dates back to the reign of Ethelfleda

Ethelfleda

Ethelfleda , also spelled Ethelfled, was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. She was born around AD 872....
in late Saxon times.

Medieval times

The first Earl of Gloucester

Earl of Gloucester

The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of Peerage of England. A mythical earl is also a character in William Shakespeare's play King Lear. See also Duke of Gloucester....
, Earl Godwine

Godwine

Godwine or Godwin refers to the following people* Godwin, Earl of Wessex Earl of Wessex* Godwine I Bishop of Rochester* Godwine II Bishop of Rochester...
, was succeeded nearly a century later by Robert of Gloucester

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, and one of the dominant figures of the period of English history sometimes called The Anarchy....
. King Henry II

Henry II of England

Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
granted the first charter in 1155, which gave the burgesses the same liberties as the citizens of London

London

Winchester

Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen, Hampshire....
, and a second charter of Henry II gave them freedom of passage on the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales....
. The first charter was confirmed in 1194 by Richard I of England

Richard I of England

Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Nantes and Brittany at various times during the same period....
. The privileges of the borough were greatly extended by the charter of King John

John of England

John reigned as List of English monarchs from 6 April 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I of England, who died without issue....
(1200), which gave freedom from toll throughout the kingdom and from pleading outside the borough.

In the Middle Ages the main export was wool which came from the Cotswolds and was processed in Gloucester; other exports included leather

Leather

Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
and iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
(tools and weapons). Gloucester also had a large fishing industry at this time.

In 1223 thatched rooves were banned after a massive fire that destroyed a part of Gloucester.

In the late thirteenth century Gloucester's Jewish community were banished from Gloucester and sent to Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
after accusations of ritual murder.

Tudor and Stuart times

Subsequent charters were numerous. Gloucester was incorporated by King Richard III

Richard III of England

Richard III was List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England of Kingdom of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty....
in 1483, the town being made a county

County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a form of local government in England, Ireland and Wales.Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing county....
in itself. This charter was confirmed in 1489 and 1510, and other charters of incorporation were received by Gloucester from Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
and King James I

James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
.

Gloucester was the site of the execution by burning of John Hooper

John Hooper

John Hooper was an England churchman, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Worcester. He was martyred during the Marian Persecutions....
, Bishop of Gloucester in the time of Queen Mary

Mary I of England

Mary I , was Queen of England and Monarchy of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI of England, to the English throne....
and martyred by her in 1555.

In 1580 Gloucester was awarded the status of a port

Port

||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. They are usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake....
by Queen Elizabeth I.

The Siege of Gloucester

Siege of Gloucester

The Siege of Gloucester was an engagement in the First English Civil War. It took place took place between August 3 and September 5, 1643, between the defending Parliamentarian garrison of Gloucester and the besieging army of Charles I of England....
in 1643 was an important battle of the English Civil War

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
in which the besieged parliamentarians emerged victorious.

Modern notoriety

In 1991 Gloucester City Council worker Anna McGurk

Anna McGurk

Anna McGurk was a Gloucester council worker who was raped and murdered by a man on bail. The crime against her led to changes in English law....
was murdered by a man whilst he was an inmate at a bail

Bail

Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from County jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail ....
hostel in Ryecroft within the city. The murder led to changes in the law affecting those held on bail for serious offences.

The spring of 1994 saw the arrest of Fred West

Fred West

Frederick Walter Stephen West , better known as Fred West, was an English people serial killer.Between 1967 and 1987, he and his wife Rosemary West tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young women, many at the couple's homes....
and his wife Rose West for the murder of 12 women and girls who went missing between 1967 and 1987 - including two of their daughters. Their home, 25 Cromwell Street, where the remains of many of the victims were buried, was later demolished and a public walkway laid in its place. To deter souvenir-hunters, the rubble was reduced to dust before disposal. One of the victims was found buried at a house in nearby Midland Road, which by then was occupied by a new resident, and is still lived in to this day.

In July 2007, Gloucester was hit badly by a flood that struck Gloucestershire and its surrounding areas. Hundreds of homes were flooded, but the event was most memorable because of its wider impact - about 40,000 people were without power for 24 hours, and the entire city (plus surrounding areas) was without piped water for 10-14 days.

Places of interest

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the river....
, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
in 681. It is the burial place of King Edward II of England and Walter de Lacy

Walter de Lacy

Walter de Lacy was Lord of Meath in Ireland and Ludlow in Shropshire in the Welsh Marches....
. The Cathedral was used for scenes in the films Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a 2001 in film fantasy/adventure film based on the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J....
and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 in film fantasy adventure film, and the second film in the popular Harry Potter , based on the novel by J....
and the unreleased film, , Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 in film fantasy film-adventure film, based on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J....
.

Attached to the deanery is the Norman

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
prior's chapel. In St Mary's Square outside the Abbey gate, the Bishop of Gloucester

Bishop of Gloucester

The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester, England in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the Gloucestershire and part of the Worcestershire and has its Episcopal see in the Gloucester where the seat is located at the Gloucester Cathedral....
, Bishop John Hooper

John Hooper

John Hooper was an England churchman, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Worcester. He was martyred during the Marian Persecutions....
, was martyred under Queen Mary I

Mary I of England

Medieval and Tudor buildings

Many medieval and Tudor period

Tudor period

The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII of England ....
gabled and half timbered houses survive from earlier periods of Gloucester's history. At the point where the four principal streets intersected stood the Tolsey (town hall), which was replaced by a modern building in 1894. None of the old public buildings are left except for the New Inn in Northgate Street. It is a timbered house, with strong, massive external galleries and courtyards. It was built in 1450 for the pilgrims to King Edward II's shrine, by Abbot Sebroke.

Churches

There may be many churches now, but in the past there were also many dissenting chapels. It may have been the old proverb "as sure as God's in Gloucester" that provoked Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
to declare that the city had "more churches than godliness". Gloucester was the host of the first Sunday school in England; this was founded by Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.Raikes was born at Gloucester in 1736, the eldest child of Mary Drew and Robert Raikes the Elder, a newspaper publisher....
in 1780. Four of the churches that are of special interest are

St Mary de Lode - with a Norman
Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
tower and chancel
Chancel

"Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the altar at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse....
, and a monument of Bishop John Hooper
John Hooper

John Hooper was an England churchman, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Worcester. He was martyred during the Marian Persecutions....
. It was built on the site of an ancient Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
temple which became the first Christian church in Britain
St Mary de Crypt - with a cruciform structure of the 12th century. It has later additions, such as the tower. Also the site of the Schoolroom in which The Crypt School
The Crypt School, Gloucester

The Crypt School is a Grammar schools in the United Kingdom for boys with a mixed Sixth Form, located in the city of Gloucester, England, founded in 1539 by John and Joan Cooke....
was formed
The St Michael church - said to have been connected with the St Peter ancient abbey
The St Nicholas church - founded by the Normans
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
but with many additions since then.

In the neighbourhood around St Mary de Crypt there are slight remains of Greyfriars and Blackfriars

Blackfriars, Gloucester

Blackfriars in the town of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England is a surviving friary of the Dominican Order. The friary went into private hands after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539....
monasteries, and also of the city wall. Under the Golden Fleece (The Monks Bar) and Saracen's Head inns early vaulted cellars still remain.

During the construction of the Boots store on the corner of Brunswick Road and Eastgate Street in 1974, Roman remains were found. These can be seen through a glass case on the street. At the back of the Gloucester Furniture Exhibition Centre part of the city's south gate can be seen.

Schools

See also List of schools in Gloucestershire
List of schools in the South West of England

The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the South West England region of England. You may also find :Category:Schools in England of use to find a particular school....
.

There are three endowed schools: The King's School

The King's School, Gloucester

The King's School, Gloucester is an independent school in the United Kingdom, taking students from the ages of 3-18, with around 500 students....
, refounded by Henry VIII of England as part of the cathedral establishment; the school of St Mary de Crypt

The Crypt School, Gloucester

The Crypt School is a Grammar schools in the United Kingdom for boys with a mixed Sixth Form, located in the city of Gloucester, England, founded in 1539 by John and Joan Cooke....
now known as "The Crypt School, Gloucester

The Crypt School, Gloucester

Sir Thomas Rich's School

Sir Thomas Rich's School is a grammar school for boys and girls in Longlevens, Gloucester. It is commonly known as "Tommy's"....
Blue Coat Hospital for boys (1666): and "The High School for Girls" also known as "Denmark Road". Comprehensives include Brockworth Enterprise School

Brockworth Enterprise School

Brockworth Enterprise School is a co-educational, fully comprehensive Community School and the first Business and Enterprise College in Gloucestershire....
, Beaufort Community School, St Peter's High School

St Peter's High School, Gloucester

St Peter's High School and Sixth Form Centre is a Roman Catholic comprehensive school and Sixth form, on Stroud Road in the Tuffley area of Gloucester, England....
(Catholic school), Chosen Hill School

Chosen Hill School

Chosen Hill School is a large coeducation comprehensive school in the village of Churchdown, Gloucestershire in Gloucestershire, England, less than quarter of a mile away from Cheltenham....
, Severn Vale School

Severn Vale School

Severn Vale School is a Secondary School in Quedgeley, Gloucester, England, United Kingdom. Its students are aged from 11 to 16 due to the lack of a sixth form....
and Central Technology College

Central Technology College

Central Technology College is a boys-only school in Gloucester, England.Mrs H. Anthony took over the role of Headmistress from E. Cole in 2006....
(boy's school)

Modern buildings

Noteworthy modern buildings include the museum and school of art and science, the county gaol

Gloucester (HM Prison)

HM Prison Gloucester is a Prison security categories in the United Kingdom men's prison, located in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service....
(on the site of a Saxon and Norman

Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
castle

Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
), the Shire Hall and the Whitefield memorial church. A park in the south of the city contains a spa, a chalybeate

Chalybeate

Chalybeate is a word meaning "containing iron". Chalybeate waters are also known as ferruginous waters....
spring having been discovered in 1814. West of this, across the canal, are the remains (a gateway and some walls) of Llanthony Secunda Priory

Llanthony Secunda

Llanthony Secunda Priory is a ruined former Augustinian priory in Hempsted, Gloucester, England, UK....
, a cell of the mother abbey

Llanthony Priory

Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep sided once glaciated valley within the Black Mountains, Wales area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales....
in the Vale of Ewyas

Vale of Ewyas

The Vale of Ewyas is the steeply-sided and secluded valley of the River Honddu, in the Black Mountains, Wales of south Wales and within the Brecon Beacons National Park....
, Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a principal area in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covers a larger area....
, which in the reign of King Edward IV became the secondary establishment.

King's Square is at the heart of the city centre and occupies what was once a cattle market and bus station. Officially opened in 1972, it was the centrepiece of a radical redesign of the city, The Jellicoe Plan, which was first proposed in 1961. It stands beside the Debenham's (formerly Bon Marche) store built in the early 1960s. Many of the features of the redevelopment have since been dismantled; the brutalist

Brutalist architecture

Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the Modern architecture movement....
concrete fountains in the middle of the square have gone and the overhead roadways which linked three multi storey car parks around the centre have been either closed or dismantled. The present main bus station received a Civic Trust Award in 1963 but is now tatty and unwelcoming. An indoor market opened in Eastgate Street in 1968, followed by the Eastgate Shopping Centre in 1974. The corner of Eastgate Street and Brunswick Road was redeveloped around this time; Roman remains unearthed below street level in 1974 may be seen through a glass observation panel outside the Boots building, which opened in 1980. The HSBC building on the Cross was renovated and a modern extension added to the Westgate Street aspect in 1972 which received a Civic Trust Award. Sainsbury's opened a supermarket in Northgate Street in 1970; it retains its original interior. Opposite, Tesco opened a large two-storey supermarket in 1974 on the site of a demolished chapel. This is now occupied by Wilkinsons after Tesco moved to Quedgeley

Quedgeley

Quedgeley is a suburb and civil parish of Gloucester, England, situated south-west of the city. It is the only civil parish in Gloucester, and a has a population of 11,800....
in 1984

Gloucester Leisure Centre opened on the corner of Eastgate Street and Bruton Way in September 1974 and was redeveloped and rebranded (as "GL1") around 2003. A new railway station opened in Bruton Way in 1977 on the site of the former GWR station, replacing Eastgate station (former Midland Railway) which had stood on another site further east along the same road. Opposite the station stands one of the city's largest office blocks, Twyver House, opened in 1968, which houses the regional Land Registry. The main shopping streets were pedestrianised in the late 1980s.

There are few tall buildings in Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the river....
being the most obvious. The tower of Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

An NHS district general hospital in Great Western Road, Gloucester, England. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has more than 600 beds and 14 operating theatres....
, started in 1970 and completed in August 1975, can be seen from miles around. In Brunswick Road, a brown concrete tower, which housed classrooms at the Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology

Gloucestershire College

Gloucestershire College is a large college based in Gloucestershire. It has its main campuses at large purpose-built facilities in each of Cheltenham and Gloucester, and also several smaller sites around the county....
(now moved to a site near Llanthony Bridge). The tower was added incongruously to the existing 1930s Technical College buildings in 1971 and is due to be demolished. Clapham Court, a tall block of flats, stands in Columbia Close, between London Road and Kingsholm Road. It was built in 1972 and stands on what was once Columbia Street in a small district formerly known as Clapham.

Districts of Gloucester

Abbeydale
Abbeydale, Gloucestershire

Abbeydale is a suburb around 3 miles east of Gloucester city centre, Gloucestershire, England.It lies between the Matson, Saintbridge, Upton St Leonards and Abbeymead districts of the City of Gloucester and is adjacent to the M5 motorway....
Abbeymead
Abbeymead

Abbeymead is a modern, affluent and popular suburb of the city of Gloucester in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies approximately 3 miles south-east of the city centre, and is bounded by the suburbs of Abbeydale, Gloucestershire to the west and south west, Coney Hill to the north west, Barnwood and Hucclecote to the north and nort...
Barnwood
Barton and Tredworth
Barton and Tredworth

Barton and Tredworth is an area of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England that lies just outside the Eastgate of the city and has a population of over 3,000....
Brockworth
Coney hill
Elmbridge
Elmbridge, Gloucestershire

Elmbridge is an area of Gloucester which is about one mile from the City Centre. It lies south of Longlevens and west of Barnwood. It is structured by roads off its main artery, Elmbridge Road, but also includes roads of Barnwood and Armscroft Road....
Hempsted
Hempsted

Hempsted is an area of the City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England....
Hucclecote
Hucclecote

Hucclecote is a village in Gloucestershire, England situated on the old Roman road connecting Gloucester with Barnwood, Brockworth, Cirencester and Cheltenham...
Longford
Longlevens
Longlevens

Longlevens is an area of Gloucester, United Kingdom. It was once a small farmstead outside the city of Gloucester. The name is believed to be based on 'eleven elms' or 'along eleven elms'....
Matson
Matson, Gloucester

Matson is a parish in the hundred of Dudston and Kings Barton, in the City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England....
Podsmead
Podsmead

Podsmead is a district of Gloucester approximately one mile from the historic city centre. With the development of Quedgeley and Kingsway, Podsmead is becoming absorbed by the city....
Saintbridge
Tuffley
Tuffley

Tuffley is one of the 15 wards associated with the City of Gloucester. Situated near Robinswood Hill in the South of the City, the ward has many services, including schools, shops, and parks....
Quedgeley
Quedgeley

Quedgeley is a suburb and civil parish of Gloucester, England, situated south-west of the city. It is the only civil parish in Gloucester, and a has a population of 11,800....
Wotton
Wotton, Gloucester

Wotton is a suburb of Gloucester, England. It is situated close to the city centre, the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, the city's railway station and to London Road....

Crime

Statistics

**Crime rates in Gloucester (per 1000 population) 2005-2006**
Offence	Locally	Nationally
Robbery	2.81	1.85
Theft of a motor vehicle	4.60	4.04
Theft from a motor vehicle	11.11	9.59
Sexual offences	2.04	1.17
Violence against a person	29.23	19.97
Burglary	6.84	5.67

Transport

Gloucester is served by the M5 motorway

M5 motorway

The M5 is a motorway in England. It runs from the M6 motorway at Great Barr to Exeter in Devon. Heading south from the M6, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley....
, which runs to the east of the city. Junction 12 serves south Gloucester and Quedgeley. Junction 11a serves central Gloucester and junction 11 serves North Gloucester. The A38

A38 road

The A38 is a major trunk road in England. Though formally known as the Exeter - Leeds Trunk Road, it actually runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire....
runs north-south through Gloucester connecting the city with Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, Warwickshire, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook....
and Bristol. The A40

A40 road

The A40 is a major trunk road connecting London to Fishguard, Wales. It is 256 miles long.It is one of the few remaining of the "old" trunk routes not to have been superseded by a direct motorway link, though some parts, such as the southern section from London to Oxford are now better served by the M40 motorway....
runs west to east, connecting Gloucester with Cheltenham

Cheltenham

Cheltenham , or Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England. The town has a population of 110,013 . The people of the town are known as "Cheltonians"....
to the east (via a dual carriageway section known as The Golden Valley Bypass) and the Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean

A46 road

The A46 is a trunk road in England. It largely follows the course of the Roman road Fosse Way, from Lincoln, Lincolnshire to south Devon. However, large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development, and the present A46 is no longer a single, unbroken road along its entire route....
links Gloucester and Stroud

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Stroud is a town and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District.Situated below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting point of the Five Valleys, the town is noted for its steep streets and cafe culture....
, and the A417

A417 road

The A417 is a main road in England....
links Gloucester with Cirencester

Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
in the south east and Ledbury

Ledbury

Ledbury is a town in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.It is east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills AONB. Ledbury is an ancient borough, dating back to the Domesday Book, where it was recorded as Liedeberge, and returned members to Parliament of England in the reign of Edward I of England....
in the north west.

Gloucester is linked to the Severn Estuary

Severn Estuary

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Coastal trading vessel

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent....
. The city is linked to the River Avon

River Avon, Warwickshire

The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the county of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England....
and Stourport-on-Severn

Stourport-on-Severn

Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest of north Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster....
by the navigable part of the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales....
, which is navigable by river craft of a few hundred tonnes' displacement

Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking....
. Gloucester Docks mark the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the river.

Gloucester was formerly linked to Ledbury

Ledbury

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city City status in the United Kingdom, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester....
by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal

The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal is a canal in the west of England, which ran from Hereford, the county town of Herefordshire to Gloucester the county town of Gloucestershire , where it linked to the River Severn....
. This canal is now being restored, and the restored canal basin in the Gloucester suburb of Over is already a local attraction.

Until the construction of the Severn Bridge

Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the River Severn between South Gloucestershire, just north of Bristol, England, and Monmouthshire in South Wales, via Beachley, a peninsula between the River Severn and River Wye estuary....
in 1966, Gloucester was the lowest bridging point on the river and hence was an important settlement on the route between London

London

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
. The Severn is split into two branches at this point, so the road crosses first onto Alney Island

Alney Island

Alney Island is an island in the River Severn near Gloucester. The Severn splits into two channels at Upper Parting , and merges together again at Lower Parting to the south....
and then onto the western bank. A road bridge

Over Bridge

Over Bridge is a single span stone arch bridge spanning the West Channel of the River Severn near Gloucester. It links Over to Alney Island....
on this western side at Over, built by Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford was born in Langholm, Scotland, UK. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder....
in 1829, still stands, notable for its very flat arch construction, but its fragility and narrow width means it is no longer used for traffic, and since 1974 it has been paralleled by a modern road bridge. There is a rail crossing, also across Alney Island, which was the lowest on the river until the opening of the Severn Railway Bridge

Severn Railway Bridge

The Severn Railway Bridge was a railway bridge in Gloucestershire that used to cross the tidal River Severn from Sharpness to Lydney. It was originally constructed by the Severn Bridge Railway company in the 1870s as part of the Severn and Wye Railway to allow coal to be transported from the Forest of Dean....
in 1879, followed by the Severn Tunnel

Severn Tunnel

The Severn Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn....
in 1886.

Public transport in the city is run by Stagecoach

Stagecoach Group

Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express Coach es and ferry. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin Gloag....
, operating from its depot on London Road. The city is also served by Gloucester railway station

Gloucester railway station

Gloucester railway station serves the city of Gloucester in England. The station was originally built as the terminus of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840, but the arrival of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway and Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in 1844, and then conversion to a through station for the South Wales Rai...
, with frequent services to some of the country's largest cities, London

London

Bristol

Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
, Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
, Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is one of the three major city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands and is in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England....
and Birmingham

Birmingham

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based at Gloucester, England; from 1860 until 1986.GRC&W supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto subway and RT, which were based upon similar vehicles for the London Underground....
railway works, which have now closed.

Business and industry

Aerospace

Gloucester has a long history in the aerospace

Aerospace

Gloster Aircraft Company

The Gloster Aircraft Company, Limited, known locally as GAC, was a United Kingdom aircraft manufacturer. The company produced a famous lineage of fighters for the Royal Air Force : the Gloster Grebe, Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Meteor and Gloster Javelin....
because international customers claimed that the name "Gloucestershire" was too difficult to spell. Messier-Dowty

Messier-Dowty

Messier-Dowty is a company involved in the design, development, manufacture and overhaul of all types of aircraft landing gear. The company projects are divided into three business units: Airbus, Boeing/Military and Regional/Business aircraft....
's landing gear

Undercarriage

In aviation, the undercarriage or landing gear is the structure that supports an aircraft on the ground and allows it to taxiing....
plant and Smiths Aerospace

Smiths Aerospace

GE Aviation Systems is the largest European based aerospace equipment company with its businesses and sales revenues split between Europe and North America....
Dowty Propellers

Dowty Rotol

Dowty Rotol is a United Kingdom manufacturing company based in Cheltenham manufacturing propellers....
plant are located on the outskirts of the city. A sculpture in the city centre celebrates Gloucester's aviation history and its involvement in the jet engine

Jet engine

A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Isaac Newton Newton's laws of motion....
, and The Whittle pub at Gloucester Business Park is named after jet pioneer Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, Order of Merit , Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Fellow of the Royal Society, Hon Royal Aeronautical Society was an England Royal Air Force officer ....
(1907–1996), who was born at Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
.

Financial services

Gloucester is home to the headquarters of Cheltenham & Gloucester

Cheltenham & Gloucester

Cheltenham & Gloucester plc is a mortgage and savings provider in the United Kingdom, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. C&G specialises in mortgages and savings products....
at Barnwood

Barnwood

Barnwood, in Gloucestershire, England is situated on the old Roman road that connects the City of Gloucester with Hucclecote, Brockworth and Cirencester....
, third largest mortgage lender in the UK, and now a subsidiary of Lloyds TSB

Lloyds TSB

In January 2009, Lloyds TSB Group changed its name to Lloyds Banking Group. This article is now about the brand Lloyds TSB which is still operated as part of the Lloyds Banking Group....
. The large insurer Ecclesiastical Insurance

Ecclesiastical Insurance

Ecclesiastical Insurance is an insurance company in the United Kingdom founded in 1887. The head office is located in Gloucester.The company is formally named Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority....
is based in the city, as is its owner, the charity Allchurches Trust

Allchurches Trust

Allchurches Trust is a Charitable organization in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Gloucester. It was established in 1972 to act as the beneficial owner of the major insurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance, whose profits it receives....
.

Other industry

Gloucester was the home of Priday, Metford and Company Limited

Priday, Metford and Company Limited

Priday, Metford and Company Limited was a family-run company that produced flour at the City Flour Mills, Gloucester, England for over a century....
, a family milling firm which survived for over one hundred years.

Sport and leisure

Kingsholm Stadium is the home of Gloucester RFC
Gloucester RFC

Gloucester Rugby are a professional English rugby union team situated in the west country city of Gloucester. The club plays in the domestic Guinness Premiership....
, founded in 1873, one of the world's top rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
clubs.
Meadow Park was the home of Gloucester City A.F.C.
Gloucester City A.F.C.

Gloucester City are a semi-professional association football club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Southern Football League....
, founded in 1883, of the Southern League Premier Division. The club now play matches at Cirencester Town's Corinium Stadium in Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
due to the 2007 Floods.
The Gloucester Cricket Festival
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major Historic counties of England clubs which make up the England domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire....
is held in Gloucester at the King's School.
Public sports facilities are focused on the GL1 leisure centre, a large modern sports centre with several swimming pools, a multi-use sports hall, indoor bowls room, squash courts, gym and health spa. There is also a new Esporta complex in Brockworth.
The Matson
Matson, Gloucester

Matson is a parish in the hundred of Dudston and Kings Barton, in the City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England....
district is home to Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre dry slope skiing
Artificial ski slopes

Artificial ski slopes or dry ski slopes are ski slopes that mimic the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable people to skiing on them....
facility (with two slopes of 220m and 150m respectively down the side of Robinswood Hill) and an 18 hole golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
course.
Gloucester City Swimming Club
Gloucester City Swimming Club

Gloucester City Swimming Club is a swimming club based in Gloucester, United Kingdom, which was founded in 1900. Its home pool is GL1. It is one of the most unsucsessful clubs in the United Kingdom....
competes in county and national swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
championships, head coach is Graham Brookhouse, who won a Bronze Medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
.
Bentham Domes on the outskirts of Gloucester boasts one of the largest 5 a side leagues in Europe.
The Gloucester Banshees
Gloucester Banshees

The Gloucester Banshees are a United Kingdom American football team based inGloucester, England, at the , Gloucester....
American Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
are based in the city at Oxstalls Tennis Centre, and play at a national level in the British American Football League
British American Football League

The British American Football League is the United Kingdom's primary American Football league. It was formerly known as the British Senior League until 2005....

Culture

The Three Choirs Festival

Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival, held each August alternately at the cathedrals of the Three Counties, and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme....
, originating in the eighteenth century and one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, is held in Gloucester every third year, the other venues being Hereford

Hereford

Worcester

Worcester is a City status in the United Kingdom and county town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some 30 miles southwest of Birmingham, 29 miles north of Gloucester, and has an estimated population of 94,300 people....
. Gloucester hosted the festival in 2007, and it is next due in the city in 2010.

The city's main theatre and cultural venue is the Guildhall. The Guildhall hosts a huge amount of entertainment, including live music, dance sessions, a cinema, bar, café, art gallery and much more. The Leisure Centre, GL1, occasionally hosts concerts and has a larger capacity than the Guildhall.

Gloucester hosts a variety of festivals and events, which run at both local, national and international level.

The annual Gloucester International Rhythm & Blues Festival takes place at the end of July and early August.

Gloucester International Cajun and Zydeco Festival runs for a weekend in January each year. .

A Medieval Fayre is held in Westgate Street each year during the summer.

Notable citizens

Dick Whittington,(1350), London Mayor
Robert Raikes the Elder
Robert Raikes the Elder

Robert Raikes the Elder , was a United Kingdom Printer and newspaper proprietor. He is noted as a pioneer of printing press who was instrumental in bringing printing out of London and to the provinces....
, (1690-1757), widely known as "the printer of Gloucester", founder of the Gloucester Journal, passed for a first pioneer for the freedom of the press.
George Whitfield (1714-1770), minister of the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
and a leader in the Methodist movement
Robert Raikes
Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.Raikes was born at Gloucester in 1736, the eldest child of Mary Drew and Robert Raikes the Elder, a newspaper publisher....
(1735-1811), founder of Sunday Schools
Thomas Raikes
Thomas Raikes

Thomas Raikes was a United Kingdom banker and newspaper proprietor. Notably, he was Governor of the Bank of England during the 1797 currency crisis, when the Bank was prohibited by the British Government from paying out in gold....
(1741-1813), banker and merchant in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, governor of the Bank of England
Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and is the model on which most modern, large central banks have been based. Since 1946 it has been a Nationalisation institution....
, editor of the first £1 and £2 English pound notes
Sterling banknotes

Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands , denominated in pound sterling . One pound is equivalent to 100 penny....
on 26 February 1797.
John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith

John Stafford Smith was an English composer born in Gloucester, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach....
(1750-1836), composer of the American national anthem
John Clarke Whitfield
John Clarke Whitfield

John Clarke Whitfield , England organist and composer, was born at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford University under Philip Hayes .In 1789 he was appointed organist of the parish church at Ludlow....
(1770-1836), organist and composer
Charles Wheatstone
Charles Wheatstone

Knighthood Charles Wheatstone Fellow of the Royal Society , was a United Kingdom scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope , and the Playfair cipher ....
(1802-1875), scientist and Inventor
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an England poet, critic and Editing....
(1849-1903), poet
Hubert Cecil Booth
Hubert Cecil Booth

Hubert Cecil Booth was a Great Britain engineer who invented the first powered vacuum cleaner, designed Ferris wheels in Blackpool, Paris, and Vienna and who designed suspension bridges....
(1871-1955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors.Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a vacuum cleaner for cleaning....
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney

Ivor Gurney was an England composer and war poet.Born at 3 Queen Street, Gloucester in 1890, Gurney sang as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, from 1900 to 1906, when he became an articled pupil of Herbert Brewer at the cathedral....
(1890-1937), composer and poet
Tom Goddard
Tom Goddard

Tom Goddard was the fifth highest wicket taker in first class cricket.Joining Gloucestershire in 1922 as a fast bowler , Goddard met with so little success in his first six years that he was not re-engaged by Gloucestershire for 1928....
(1900-1966), cricketer
Fred West
Fred West

Frederick Walter Stephen West , better known as Fred West, was an English people serial killer.Between 1967 and 1987, he and his wife Rosemary West tortured, raped and murdered at least 12 young women, many at the couple's homes....
(1941-1995), serial killer
Mike d'Abo
Mike d'Abo

Michael David d'Abo is an England singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead vocalist of Manfred Mann.D'Abo, the son of a London stockbroker, was educated at Harrow School and Selwyn College, Cambridge....
(1944–), Manfred Mann singer
Rosemary West
Rosemary West

Rosemary Pauline West is an English people serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, after being convicted of 10 murders in 1995....
(1953–), serial killer
Mike Teague
Mike Teague

Michael Clive Teague is a former England rugby union footballer. He played as a or . He played his club rugby primarily for his home town club, Gloucester RFC and for many years Gloucester All Blues RFC....
(1960–), rugby player
Tina May (1961–), singer
Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg is an award-winning England actor, comedian, writer, film producer and film director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run, Fatboy, Run, and for the comedy series Spaced....
(1970–), actor, comedian and writer
Dynamite MC
Dynamite MC

Dynamite MC, is an Master of Ceremonies from Gloucester, England. He originally gained prominence in jungle /drum and bass, working with Roni Size and Reprazent, but has also released hip hop music material....
(1973-), MC rapper
Phil Greening
Phil Greening

Phil Greening is a former England rugby union footballer. Greening finished his rugby career with London Wasps in 2005. During his career he earned 24 caps for England national rugby union team, as well as going to Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001....
(1975-), rugby player
Andy Hazell
Andy Hazell

Andy Hazell is an England rugby union player who plays at Rugby union positions#6. Blindside flanker & 7. Openside flanker for Gloucester RFC....
(1978–), rugby player
Wayne Thomas (1979–), footballer
Marcel Garvey
Marcel Garvey

Marcel Garvey is an England rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....
(1983-), rugby player
Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook is an English cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays county cricket for Essex County Cricket Club, and Test cricket and limited overs cricket for England cricket team....
(1984–), cricketer
Stuart Fleetwood
Stuart Fleetwood

Stuart Keith Fleetwood is an England-born Wales football who is currently playing for Charlton Athletic F.C.. He has also played for Wales national under-21 football team at U21 level....
(1986–), footballer
Scott Redding
Scott Redding

Scott Redding , is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the 125cc class for team BLU:sens Aprilia. He holds the distinction of being the youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing to ever win a race, breaking Marco Melandri's 10-year record....
(1993-), Grand Prix motorcyclist

Twin cities

- Metz

Metz

Metz is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine R?gion in France and prefecture of the Moselle Departments of France.It is located at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Seille rivers....
, France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
- Trier

Trier

Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....

- Saint Ann, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
- Gouda

Gouda

Gouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted City rights in the Netherlands in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes and its 15th century city hall....
, the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....

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Local news: web site for Northcliffe Media's
Northcliffe Media

Northcliffe Media is a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe, owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust....
Gloucestershire Echo, Citizen and Forester local newspapers
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Gloucester

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