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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.
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]
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 ...
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.
The Museum of Gloucester [1] in Brunswick Road is the main museum in the city of Gloucester, England. It was extensively renovated following a large National Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and reopened on Gloucester Day, 3 September 2011. [2] In March 2016, the museum rebranded itself; it used to be called the Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery ...
The Mayor of Gloucester is the first citizen of the City of Gloucester, England, and acts as chair of the council.The Mayor represents the Council and the City at civic, ceremonial and community events both inside the City boundaries and elsewhere.
The city of Caerloyw (Gloucester today, still known as Caerloyw in modern Welsh) was one centre and Cirencester may have continued as a tribal centre as well. The only reliably attested kingdom is the minor south-east Wales kingdom of Ergyng , which may have included a portion of the area (roughly the Forest of Dean ).