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  2. Gloucester County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Gloucester County and adjacent York County are linked by the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, a toll facility across the York River carrying U.S. Route 17 to the Virginia Peninsula area. Gloucester County is self-nicknamed the "Daffodil Capital of the World"; it hosts an annual daffodil festival, parade and flower show.

  3. Mathews County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    In 1791, after Virginia gained its independence from Great Britain, the Virginia General Assembly split Gloucester county and created Mathews County. The county was named for Brigadier General Thomas Mathews, then speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Westville was designated at the county seat (later it became known variously as Mathews ...

  4. List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire - Wikipedia

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    Gloucester Rural District [21] Tewkesbury: Huntley: 1,105 [166] 5.78 East Dean Rural District [31] Forest of Dean: Hunts Grove [167] Gloucester Rural District [21] Stroud: Icomb: 202 [168] 9.89 North Cotswold Rural District [4] Cotswold: Innsworth: 2,468 [169] 3.43 Gloucester Rural District [21] Tewkesbury: Iron Acton: 1,346 [170] 13.30 Sodbury ...

  5. List of places in Gloucestershire - Wikipedia

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    Abbeymead, Abenhall, Ablington, Acton Turville, Adlestrop, Alderley, Alderton, Alderton Fields, Aldsworth, Alkerton, Alkington, Allaston, Alstone (Cheltenham ...

  6. List of settlements in Gloucestershire by population - Wikipedia

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    Settlement Borough/District Population [1] [2] [3]; 2001 2011 1 Gloucester: Gloucester 123,590 136,362 2 Cheltenham: Cheltenham 110,260 116,447 3 Kingswood *: South Gloucestershire

  7. Gloucester - Wikipedia

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    Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / ⓘ GLOSS-tər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west; it is sited 19 miles (31 km) from Monmouth, 33 miles (53 km) from Bristol, and 17 miles (27 km) east of the border with Wales.

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  9. List of castles in Gloucestershire - Wikipedia

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    Gloucester was a key battleground in the conflict from 1139–53 between the rival rulers of Stephen and Empress Matilda. [11] Warfare in England at the time centred on castles and attrition warfare and the largely pro-Angevin supporters of Matilda in Gloucestershire responded with a rush of castle-building. [ 12 ]