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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 ...
Gloucestershire formed part of Harold's earldom at the time of the Norman Conquest of England, but it offered slight resistance to William the Conqueror. [2] During The Anarchy, Empress Matilda was supported by her half brother, Robert of Gloucester, who had rebuilt Bristol Castle. The castles at Gloucester and Cirencester were garrisoned on ...
The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street, is devoted to the social history of Gloucestershire. Bishop Hooper is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church in 1555. [1] The Museum was called Gloucester Folk Museum before rebranding itself in 2016.
Gloucestershire 51°58′44″N 2°26′24″W / 51.979°N 2.440°W / 51.979; Dymock is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire , England, about four miles south of Ledbury .
Cirencester Park is a country house in the parish of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England, and is the seat of the Bathurst family, Earls Bathurst. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] The gardens are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2]
The second Baronet sat as MP for Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire East. His brother General Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet, commanded a Guards battalion in the Peninsular War. [3] The fourth, fifth, and sixth Baronets all served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. The family surname is pronounced "Guys", as in the "Guy's" of "Guy's ...
Art museums and galleries in Gloucestershire (5 P) C. ... Pages in category "Culture in Gloucestershire" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Margaret and Denys were married in 1380, and the long connection of the Denys family with Siston and Gloucestershire as a whole had begun, for as Sir Robert Atkyns, the 18th-century historian of Gloucestershire, stated about the Denys family "There have been more High Sheriffs from them than from any other family in the county". [27] [28] [nb 5]