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Hace 5 días · Gloucester, city (district), administrative and historic county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Severn between the Cotswolds to the east and the northern part of the Forest of Dean to the southwest. A 16-mile (26-km) ship canal links Gloucester to Sharpness docks in the Severn estuary of the Bristol Channel.
Hace 2 días · Gloucester, which was the shire town of Gloucestershire from the late Anglo-Saxon period, was sometimes styled civitas in the 11th and 12th centuries. Later it was always styled a town or borough until 1541, when on the founding the see of Gloucester, it was made a city by charter.
Hace 5 días · Gloucester cathedral: part of the north side of the choir. Separated from the north-east corner of the refectory by a small cloister was the 13th-century infirmary, an aisled hall of six bays which included a chapel dedicated to St. Bridget, probably at the east end.
Hace 5 días · 'Gloucester bridge' was a landmark in the perambulation of the Forest of Dean before Henry II's reign. The history of Over bridge, spanning the western branch of the river, is given in another volume, and a bridge across the eastern branch giving access to Gloucester castle is mentioned below.
Hace 2 días · Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.
Hace 2 días · Edward Elgar, c. 1900 Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɑːr / ⓘ; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and ...
Hace 3 días · Marcher-Earls of Pembroke. Wales. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1199–1219) William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1219–1231) Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1231–1234) Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1234–1241) Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke (1242–1245) 21.
