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Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / ⓘ GLOSS-tər) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district 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.
Gloucester is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. It is the county town of Gloucestershire . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gloucester and City of Gloucester .
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4. The City of Gloucester. N M Herbert (editor) (1988). 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. A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5.
Gloucester City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Gloucestershire County Council. [8] The Quedgeley area of the city is also a civil parish with a town council, which forms a third tier of local government. The rest of the city, roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 county borough, is an unparished ...
Gloucestershire (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər ʃ ər / ⓘ GLOST-ər-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Glos.) [3] is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Welsh county of ...
Coat of arms of the City of Gloucester. The Corporation of Gloucester was the local government of the city of Gloucester in England before the creation of Gloucester City Council. [1] The records of the corporation were collated by William Henry Stevenson (1853-1924) in his Calendar of the Records of the Corporation of Gloucester. [2]
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Day, John. (2007) Gloucester & Newbury 1643: The Turning Point of the Civil War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473814646; Pereira, W. D. (1983) The Siege of Gloucester. Gloucester: Stoate and Bishop. ISBN 0901909130; Whiting, J. R. S. (1975) Gloucester Besieged: The story of a roundhead city 1640-1660. Gloucester: City Museum & Art Gallery. (2nd ...