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New page: '''Worcester''' is a cathedral city and the county town of Worcestershire in the west midlands of England. It lies on the banks of the River Severn. Worcester was an important...
'''Worcester''' is a cathedral city and the county town of [[Worcestershire]] in the west midlands of [[England]]. It lies on the banks of the [[River Severn]].
Worcester was an important settlement in the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdom of [[Mercia]] and was created the seat of a bishopric in AD 680. <ref>http://www.cityofworcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=556</ref> In the late ninth century a fortified [[burh]] was created at Worcester; following the [[Norman Conquest]] a castle was constructed south of the cathedral. Worcester was a prosperous medieval city, although it fell into relative decline in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was known as a centre for glove-making <ref>http://www.cityofworcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=551</ref> and for the manufacture of the piquant Worcestershire Sauce. Manufacture of this was begun by Lea & Perrins in the 19th century<ref>leaperrins.com</ref>.
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[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]
Worcester was an important settlement in the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdom of [[Mercia]] and was created the seat of a bishopric in AD 680. <ref>http://www.cityofworcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=556</ref> In the late ninth century a fortified [[burh]] was created at Worcester; following the [[Norman Conquest]] a castle was constructed south of the cathedral. Worcester was a prosperous medieval city, although it fell into relative decline in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was known as a centre for glove-making <ref>http://www.cityofworcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=551</ref> and for the manufacture of the piquant Worcestershire Sauce. Manufacture of this was begun by Lea & Perrins in the 19th century<ref>leaperrins.com</ref>.
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[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]