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There is an important connection with Fleury Abbey in France, as Oswald, bishop of Worcester from 961 to 992, was professed at Fleury and introduced the monastic rule of Fleury to the monastery that he established at Worcester around the year 966, which was dedicated – as the present cathedral church is – to St. Mary. [6]
Worcestershire (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər ʃ ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands county to the north, Warwickshire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south, and Herefordshire to the west.
The cost of building 14-foot (4.3 m) locks was too great so the 56 locks down to Worcester were built to the narrow 7-foot (2.1 m) specification, with the final two locks connecting to the Severn in Worcester being 14-foot (4.3 m) to allow river craft access to Diglis Basin. The final 16 miles (26 km) was opened in December 1815.
The company was founded by Cecil Duckworth in 1962 as Worcester Engineering Co Ltd, based at the Old Vinegar works in Worcester. Worcester's early success is attributed to the pioneering of combination boilers in the UK, [3] further successful performance in the UK heating market led to the expansion and relocation of the factory to its current headquarters in Warndon in 1990.
Mechanics Hall is a concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts.It was built in 1857 in the Renaissance Revival style and restored in 1977. [2] Built as part of the early nineteenth-century worker's improvement movement, it is now a concert and performing arts venue ranked as one of the top four concert halls in North America and in the top twelve between Europe and the Americas. [3]
She was named for the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester (which took place on 3 September 1651, and was the last major battle of the 1642 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms). She had originally been ordered in late March 1649 as one of three Fourth rate frigates to carry 38 guns, but was altered while building and completed as a ...
It is located in St Andrews Gardens close to Worcester College of Technology. [2] The spire used to crown the church of St Andrew but this was demolished in the late 1940s. The Glover's Needle is seated on Deansway, Worcester Cathedral being very close to the south and All Saints Church to the north. On the western side of the spire the ...
View of Worcester looking south along River Severn (1750) Worcester's early importance is partly due to its position on trade routes, but also because it was a centre of Church learning and wealth, due to the very large possessions of the See and Priory accumulated in the Anglo-Saxon period.