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During the period known as sub-Roman Britain (mainly in the early-mid 5th century) after the Romans left but before the Germanic tribes arrived, the ''Historia Brittonum'' (attributed to the 9th-century Welsh monk [[Nennius]]) states that there were 28 cities of Britain, all of which are named with the word ''cair'' (the precursor to the modern Welsh word ''caer'' meaning "fort", especially a former Roman one, seen in place names such as [[Cardiff]], Caernarfon, etc). Among the 28 is ''Cair Guiragon'', which is almost certainly identifiable with Worcester. In modern Welsh, the city is known as ''Caerwrangon''.

During the period known as sub-Roman Britain (mainly in the early-mid 5th century) after the Romans left but before the Germanic tribes arrived, the ''Historia Brittonum'' (attributed to the 9th-century Welsh monk [[Nennius]]) states that there were 28 cities of Britain, all of which are named with the word ''cair'' (the precursor to the modern Welsh word ''caer'' meaning "fort", especially a former Roman one, seen in place names such as [[Cardiff]], Caernarfon, etc). Among the 28 is ''Cair Guiragon'', which is almost certainly identifiable with Worcester. In modern Welsh, the city is known as ''Caerwrangon''.

The first written reference to Worcester from the [[Anglo-Saxon]] period is from the late 7th century, where it appears in a charter (in Latin) as ''uueogornas civitas''. From around 570 AD, Worcester was the capital of [[Hwicce]], a minor Anglian kingdom. From c. 620 AD, Hwicce was incorporated into [[Mercia]] as a sub-kingdom or client state.

The first written reference to Worcester from the [[Anglo-Saxon]] period is from the late 7th century, where it appears in a charter (in Latin) as ''uueogornas civitas''. From around 570 AD, Worcester was the capital of [[Hwicce]], a minor Anglian kingdom covering much of modern-day Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and south-west Warwickshire, as well as smaller parts of [[Herefordshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[Staffordshire]] and [[Wiltshire]]. From c. 620 AD, Hwicce was incorporated into [[Mercia]] as a sub-kingdom or client state.

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