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'''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''' (pronounced ''wooster'') 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]]. The population of the city is 95,927 (2000)<ref>http://www.worcester.gov.uk/index.php?id=1273</ref>.

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>.

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>, Royal Worcester Porcelain, and for the manufacture of the piquant Worcestershire Sauce. This was begun by Lea & Perrins in the 19th century<ref>leaperrins.com</ref>.

 

Worcester is best known for its fine cathedral, a venue of the annual Three Choirs Festival<ref>www.3choirs.org</ref>, and for its associations with the composer Sir [[Edward Elgar]].

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