Dablink This article is about the city in England for other uses see Gloucester disambiguation . Infobox ... to this article official name City of Gloucester image skyline Gloucester Skyline.jpg imagesize image alt image caption Gloucester skyline from Painswick Beacon image shield shield size shield alt shield link image map Gloucester UK locator map.svg mapsize 150px map alt map caption City of Gloucester ... subdivision name5 Gloucester established date1 governing body Gloucester City Council leader party ... latd 51.87 longd 2.24 Gloucester IPAc en audio En gloucester.ogg l s t r respell GLOS t r is a city ... in the South West England South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh ... 45 mi km south southwest of Birmingham . Gloucester was founded in AD 97 by the Roman Empire Romans ...?urn 497 title The Economy in Gloucester work Gloucester City Council accessdate 2008 05 25 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref being home to the bank Cheltenham & Gloucester and historically ... 202 20Fin 20March 202005.pdf ref History Roman times Main Glevum Image West prospect of Gloucester by Kip, c.1725..jpg thumb Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff Kip s West prospect of Gloucester, c. 1725, emphasizes ... British settlement at Gloucester Caer Glow, Gleawecastre, Gleucestre is not confirmed by any direct evidence, but Gloucester was the Roman Empire Roman municipality of Colonia Nervia Glevensium ... of Roman Britain includes the mention in the Historia Brittonum that Vortigern s grandfather ruled Gloucester. According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , Gloucester was part of Wessex from the Battle of Deorham in 577 until 584, when it came under the control of Mercia . Saxon times Gloucester Glowancestre ... was known as Caerloyw , caer castle, and loyw from gloyw glowing bright. Gloucester was captured ... Conquest of England, Gloucester was a borough governed by a sheriff portreeve , with a castle which ... Saint Oswald were brought to a small church in Gloucester, bringing many pilgrims to the town ... more details
Gloucester County may refer to In the United States Gloucester County, New Jersey Gloucester County, Virginia In Canada Gloucester County, New Brunswick In Australia Gloucester County, New South Wales geodis Category County name disambiguation pages de Gloucester County es Condado de Gloucester fr Comt de Gloucester it Contea di Gloucester nl Gloucester County nds Gloucester County pl Hrabstwo Gloucester pt Condado de Gloucester sv Gloucester County ... more details
Road Gloucester Road, London Gloucester Road tube station Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Gloucester Road, Bristol A38 road A38 through Horfield , Bristol Roadindex ... more details
Gloucester City may refer to Gloucester City A.F.C. an English football club. Gloucester City, New Jersey a city in the United States. Gloucester, Ontario Gloucester City, Ontario a former city in Ontario, amalgamated into the City of Ottawa in 2001. disambig ... more details
Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gloucester , after Gloucester , the city in England. The first HMS Gloucester 1654 Gloucester was a 54 gun ship launched in 1654 and wrecked in 1682. The second HMS Gloucester 1695 Gloucester was a 60 gun fourth rate launched in 1695, on harbour service after 1706, and broken up in 1731. The third HMS Gloucester 1709 Gloucester was a 60 gun fourth rate launched in July 1709 and captured by the French in October of the same year. The fourth HMS Gloucester 1711 Gloucester was a 50 gun fourth rate in service from 1711 to 1724. The fifth HMS Gloucester 1737 Gloucester was a 50 gun fourth rate launched in 1737 and burned in 1742 to forestall capture. The sixth HMS Gloucester 1745 Gloucester 50 gun fourth rate in service from 1745 to 1764. The seventh Gloucester alias HMS Duke of Gloucester 1807 Duke of Gloucester was a 10 gun brig launched on Lake Erie in 1807, captured by the Americans in April 1813 and destroyed by the British a few weeks later. The eighth HMS Gloucester 1812 Gloucester was a 74 gun third rate launched in 1812 and sold 1884. The ninth HMS Gloucester 1909 Gloucester was a Town class cruiser 1910 Town class light cruiser in service from 1909 to 1921. The tenth HMS Gloucester C62 Gloucester was a Town class cruiser 1936 Town class cruiser launched in 1937 and sunk off Crete in 1941. The wreck site is a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act . A 2,170 ton frigate to be named Gloucester was ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956 but later cancelled. The eleventh HMS Gloucester D96 Gloucester was a Type 42 destroyer Type 42 destroyer launched in 1982, commissioned in September 1985, and retired from service on the 30 June 2011. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Gloucester, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names de HMS Gloucester fr HMS Gloucester it HMS Gloucester sl HMS Gloucester fi HMS Gloucester vi HMS Gloucester ... more details
TOCright Gloucester may refer to Places Australia Gloucester, New South Wales Canada Gloucester, Ontario Gloucester Township, Ontario Gloucester County, New Brunswick Acadie Bathurst , New Brunswick formerly Gloucester , a federal electoral district England Gloucester , the county town of Gloucestershire Gloucester Road, London Hong Kong Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Papua New Guinea Cape Gloucester , New Britain United States by state New Gloucester, Maine Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester Natchez ... on the NRHP in Adams County, Mississippi Gloucester City, New Jersey Gloucester County, New Jersey Gloucester Township, New Jersey Gloucester County, New York Gloucester, North Carolina Gloucester County, Virginia Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia Gloucester Point, Virginia People John Gloucester Stephen Gloucester Other uses Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Gloucester cheese , a British cheese Gloucester College, Oxford , A former college in England Gloucester Cathedral , a cathedral in Gloucester, England Gloucester Point Grounds , the former baseball grounds for the Philadelphia Athletics The title Duke of Gloucester is a title in Peerage of the United Kingdom The title Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Gloucester Rugby , a professional ... of pig sometimes referred to as a gloucester. See also Glocester, Rhode Island , United States of America ... of America The Tailor of Gloucester , 1903 children s novel by Beatrix Potter disambig DEFAULTSORT Gloucester Disambiguation Category Place name disambiguation pages ca Gloucester desambiguaci de Gloucester Begriffskl rung es Gloucester desambiguaci n eo Gloucester fr Gloucester homonymie it Gloucester disambigua nl Gloucester doorverwijspagina ja no Gloucester andre betydninger pl Gloucester ujednoznacznienie ru sl Gloucester razlo itev sv Gloucester olika betydelser vi Gloucester nh h ng ... more details
USS Gloucester has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy . USS Gloucester 1891 USS Gloucester 1891 , a gunboat built in 1891 that served during the Spanish American War USS Gloucester PF 22 USS Gloucester PF 22 , a Tacoma class frigate Tacoma class frigate launched in 1943 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Gloucester, Uss Category United States Navy ship names es USS Gloucester ... more details
The Battle of Gloucester may refer to Siege of Gloucester , a siege in England in 1643 during the First English Civil War Battle of Gloucester 1775 , a land sea engagement in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War Battle of Gloucester 1777 , a minor engagement in Gloucester, New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War Siege of Yorktown , which included a minor engagement near Gloucester Point, Virginia late in the American Revolutionary War Battle of Gloucester Point 1861 , a minor engagement between a Union gunboat and a Virginia Confederate shore battery at the beginning of the American Civil War Battle of Cape Gloucester , fought in and around Cape Gloucester on the New Guinean island of New Britain in the Pacific theater of the Second World War disambiguation ... more details
Robert of Gloucester may refer to one of two persons prominent in medieval England Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester 1090 31 October 1147 , a major figure in The Anarchy and supporter of Empress Matilda against King Stephen Robert of Gloucester historian dates unknown , who wrote a chronicle of early English history in the thirteenth century hndis nl Robert van Gloucester ... more details
File Greyfriars, Gloucester geograph.org.uk 61881.jpg thumb right Remains of the 16th century friary church. Greyfriars , Gloucester , England, was a medieval monastic house founded about 1231. ref name page cite web url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 40288 title Friaries Gloucester author William Page editor publisher Institute of Historical Research date 1907 work A History of the County of Gloucester Volume 2 accessdate 06 January 2012 ref References Reflist See also Blackfriars, Gloucester Whitefriars, Gloucester commonscat Friaries in Gloucester References Reflist coord 51.8635898 2.2462642 type landmark region GB source Wikimapia scale 2000 name Gloucester Greyfriars display title Category English Heritage sites in Gloucestershire Category Monasteries in Gloucestershire Category History of Gloucester Category Buildings and structures in Gloucester Category 1231 establishments in England Gloucestershire struct stub UK Christian monastery stub ... more details
Infobox Cheese name Gloucester image File Double Gloucester cheese.jpg thumb left Double Gloucester othernames country England regiontown Gloucestershire region town source Traditionally from Gloucester cattle pasteurised No texture semi hard fat protein dimensions weight aging 36 Weeks certification Single Gloucester protected designation of origin PDO Gloucester is a traditional unpasteurized unpasteurised , semi hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire , England , since the 16th century, at one time made only with the milk of the once nearly extinct Gloucester cattle . There are two types of Gloucester cheese Single and Double both are traditionally made from milk from Gloucestershire ... outer layer and a hard texture, but Single Gloucester is more crumbly, lighter in texture and lower in fat. Double Gloucester is allowed to age for longer periods than Single, and it has a stronger and more ... of cheese, it is the Double Gloucester which is more likely to be sold in supermarkets . Both types are produced in round shapes, but Double Gloucester rounds are larger. Traditionally whereas the Double Gloucester was a prized cheese comparable in quality to the best Cheddar or Cheshire, and was exported out of the County, Single Gloucester tended to be consumed within Gloucestershire. ref cite web url http www.britishcheese.com doublegloucester title Double Gloucester publisher British Cheese Board accessdate 2009 10 13 ref Most Double Gloucester sold in UK supermarkets is slab cheese, made ... Cotswold Cheese is made by blending chives and spring onions into Double Gloucester. The orange cheese ... Gloucester and Stilton cheese Stilton . Cheese Rolling Double Gloucester cheese is also used ... designation of origin Category Foods named after places ca Formatge Gloucester de Gloucester K se es Queso Gloucester fa fr Double Gloucester id Gloucester la Gloucester caseus nl Double Gloucester ja pl Gloucester ser pt Queijo de Gloucester zh ... more details
Gloucester Day is a recently reinstated annual day of celebration of the Gloucester City of Gloucester s history and culture. The day was first held in the modern era on 5 September 2009 ref http www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk Waving flag pride Gloucester story 11935213 detail story.html Waving the flag of pride for Gloucester. thisisgloucestershire.co.uk 22 August 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2011. ref but originally dates from the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against Royalist forces during the First English Civil War . The lifting of the siege was celebrated annually in the city for centuries afterwards but died out in the nineteenth century. ref name bbc1 http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england gloucestershire 8239588.stm Tradition revived for city pride. BBC News, 5 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2011. ref The first of the modern celebrations was organised by the Town Crier Alan Myatt and the Gloucester Civic Trust and included a parade starting at St Michael s Tower, Gloucester St Michael s Tower . ref name bbc1 The 2011 Gloucester Day took place during a week long Gloucester History & Heritage Week and included a parade by the Mock Mayor of Barton and Tredworth Barton . ref http www.gloucester.gov.uk Freetime Museums historyweek gloucesterday.aspx GLOUCESTER DAY 2011. gloucester.gov.uk 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011. ref References Reflist Category Gloucester Category Secular holidays ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of Peerage of England England . A fictional earl is also a character in William Shakespeare s play King Lear . See also Duke of Gloucester . Earls of Gloucester, 1st Creation 1121 Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester 1100 1147 William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester 1121 1183 Isabel, Countess of Gloucester Isabel, 3rd Countess of Gloucester d. 1217 held by husband after 1189, again by her in her own right from 1316 onward. John of England 1166 1216 , on becoming king in 1199 he granted the Earldom to Isabel s nephew Amaury VI of Montfort vreux , d. 1213 , Earl of Gloucester Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex , Earl of Gloucester, d. 1216 , married Isabel in 1214 Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester 1180 1230 , Isabel s nephew Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester 1222 1262 Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester 1243 1295 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, 8th Earl of Gloucester 1291 1314 Earls of Gloucester, 2nd Creation 1299 Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer d. 1325 acquired Earldoms through marriage to Joan of Acre , the widow of the 7th Earl, and lost them on her death in 1307 . Earls of Gloucester, 3rd Creation 1337 Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester d. 1347 Earls of Gloucester, 4th Creation 1397 Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester 1373 1400 , degraded 1399 DEFAULTSORT Earl Of Gloucester Category Earldoms Gloucester Category Extinct earldoms Gloucester de Earl of Gloucester es Conde de Gloucester fr Comte de Gloucester nl Graaf van Gloucester pl Hrabia Gloucester ru uk ... more details
Image Gloucester cow.jpg thumb 250px Gloucester cow and calf Gloucester cattle are a breed of dairy and beef cattle originating from Gloucestershire and surrounding areas in the West Country of England . Description They are large cattle, coloured a rich dark brown in the cows, calves and steers, and almost black in the bull s. They have a white belly and a white Finching cattle finching stripe along the spine and continuing over the tail, and they normally have well developed white Horn anatomy horn s with black tips. History Cattle of similar type were numerous in the Cotswold Hills and the Severn Valley England Severn Valley of England as early as the 13th century. They were valued for their milk used for Gloucester cheese s , for providing strong and docile draught oxen and finally for their beef . By 1972 only one significant herd remained and the breed was in danger of dying out. The Gloucester Cattle Society was revived in 1973 and the breed has moved from near extinction to there being over 650 registered females. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust lists the Gloucester as being At Risk as there are fewer than 750 registered breeding females. ref name watch http www.rbst.org.uk watch list main.php Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list accessed 21st May 2008 ref The milk of Gloucesters ... small globules. Gloucester cheese Single Gloucester and Stinking Bishop cheese Stinking Bishop cheeses are made exclusively from Gloucester cattle milk. Double Gloucester cheese may now be made .... External links http www.gloucestercattle.org.uk Gloucester Cattle Society http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds cattle gloucester index.htm Gloucester cattle description http www.rbst.org.uk watch list cattle.php Rare Breeds Survival Trust cattle watchlist References reflist DEFAULTSORT Gloucester Cattle Category Cattle breeds originating in England England stub cattle stub de Gloucester Rind fr Gloucester race bovine ... more details
thumb right 200px Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester HRH Prince Richard , the current Duke of Gloucester Duke of Gloucester IPAc en icon l s t r is a British royal title after Gloucester ... Culloden . The title was first conferred on Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester Thomas ... extinct at his death, as it did upon the death of the Duke of the second creation, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ... being the son of King Charles I of England Charles I , Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester Henry Stuart , upon whose death the title became officially extinct. William, Duke of Gloucester William , son of Anne of Great Britain Queen Anne , was styled Duke of Gloucester for his whole life 1689 1700 , but was never created Duke. Frederick, Prince of Wales was styled Duke of Gloucester from 1718 1726, but was then created Duke of Edinburgh rather than of Gloucester. The next actual creation was for the brother of George III of the United Kingdom George III , Prince Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh William Henry , the full title being Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh . The fifth and final creation was for Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry , son of George V . Upon Prince Henry s death, the dukedom was inherited by his son Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince ... steam locomotive called BR Standard Class 8 Duke of Gloucester . Dukes of Gloucester, first ... Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1355 1397 , fifth son of Edward III of England Edward III ... of Gloucester, second Creation 1414 also Earl of Pembroke 1414 Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester ... male issue in 1447 Image Richiii.jpg thumb King Richard III held the title of Duke of Gloucester from 1461 until his accession in 1483 Dukes of Gloucester, third Creation 1461 Richard III of England Richard, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1452 1485 , brother of Edward IV of England Edward IV , succeeded his nephew as Richard III in 1483, at which point his honours merged with the crown Dukes of Gloucester ... more details
coord 51.867 2.247 display title region GB scale 200000 Infobox diocese jurisdiction Diocese name Gloucester province Province of Canterbury Canterbury parishes 323 churches 396 bishop Michael Perham bishop Michael Perham , Bishop of Gloucester cathedral Gloucester Cathedral archdeaconries Cheltenham, Gloucester suffragan John Went , Bishop of Tewkesbury archdeacons Geoffrey Sidaway, List of Archdeacons of Gloucester Archdeacon of Gloucester br Robert Springett, Archdeacon of Cheltenham website http www.glosdioc.org.uk glosdioc.org.uk The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester , covering the non metropolitan county of Gloucestershire . The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester . It is part of the Province of Canterbury . The diocese was founded during the English Reformation in 1541 from part of the Diocese of Hereford and the Anglican Diocese of Worcester Diocese of Worcester . In 1542 the Diocese of Bristol was created to cover Bristol. On 5 October 1836 it was merged with Bristol as the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol ref London Gazette issue 19426 date 7 October 1836 startpage 1734 endpage 1738 accessdate 4 March 2012 ref Bristol became an independent diocese again on 9 July 1897. ref London Gazette issue ... is overseen by the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Reverend Michael Perham, assisted by the Bishop ..., headed by the Archdeacon of Cheltenham, the Venerable Robert Springett, and Gloucester, headed by the Archdeacon of Gloucester, the Venerable Geoffrey Sidaway. There are presently five deaneries ... of Gloucester consists of the deaneries of Forest South, Gloucester City, Severn Vale, Stroud, & Wotton ... http www.gloucester.anglican.org Diocese of Gloucester Province of Canterbury Office holders in the Diocese of Gloucester Category Diocese of Gloucester Category Dioceses of the Church of England Gloucester ... de Gloucester no Gloucester bisped mme ... more details
File Gloucester Blackfriars 20.08.11.JPG right thumb Gloucester Blackfriars from the west. File Blackfriars Gloucester by Stukeley 1721.JPG right thumb A 1721 view of Blackfriars by William Stukeley . Blackfriars , Gloucester , England, founded about 1239, ref name page cite web url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 40288 title Friaries Gloucester author William Page editor publisher Institute of Historical Research date 1907 work A History of the County of Gloucester Volume 2 accessdate 05 January 2012 ref is one of the most complete surviving Dominican Order Dominican black friaries in England. ref name eh http www.english heritage.org.uk daysout properties blackfriars Blackfriars , English Heritage , 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012. ref The friary went into private hands after the Dissolution of the Monasteries , having been acquired in 1539 by Thomas Bell Mayor of Gloucester d.1566 , who used the church as his residence, known as Bell Place , and the monastic buildings as workshops for his cap manufactory. The friary includes a notable fine, scissor braced, dormitory roof. ref name eh A 1721 image of the friary by William Stukeley provides valuable information about the friary at that time. See also Greyfriars, Gloucester Whitefriars, Gloucester References Reflist commonscat Friaries in Gloucester External links http www.english heritage.org.uk daysout properties blackfriars Blackfriars at English Heritage http pastscape.english heritage.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 115340 Detailed historical record for Gloucester Blackfriars coord 51.8641066 2.2486621 type landmark region GB source Wikimapia scale 2000 name Gloucester Blackfriars display title Category Monasteries in Gloucestershire Category History of Gloucester Category Buildings and structures in Gloucester Category English Heritage sites in Gloucestershire Category Grade I listed buildings in Gloucestershire Category 1239 establishments in England Gloucestershire struct stub UK Christian monastery stub ... more details
Image Gloucester light dory.jpg thumb 250px right Gloucester Light Dory The Gloucester dory is a variant of the Banks dory , a type of narrow bottomed, slab sided boat, common in the North Eastern United States. It is characteristically smaller and lighter, with less overhang, both bow and stern, and less Freeboard nautical freeboard . It retains the Banks dory s slab sides. Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester dories were designed to be launched through the surf behind a breakwater structure breakwater for daily fishing and lobster fishing lobstering off the Massachusetts shore. Because of its simple lines, a Gloucester dory is relatively easy to build. With the straight sides and flat bottom, stitch and glue techniques work well with this boat. See also Cape Ann dory Dory Swampscott dory References Gardner, John 1987 The Dory Book. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic Connecticut. ISBN 0 913372 44 7 fishing vessel topics fisheries and fishing Category Boat types Category Gloucester, Massachusetts ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For the place in Australia Gloucester Island Cape Gloucester also known as Tuluvu is a headland, in the northwest of the island of New Britain , Papua New Guinea , at Coord 5 27 S 148 25 E display inline,title . During World War II , the Imperial Japanese Army Japanese captured New Britain, and had driven most of Cape Gloucester s native population out to construct two airfield s. During the Battle of New Britain New Britain Campaign , United States American forces had decided to capture Cape Gloucester for its two airfields, to assist planned attacks on the garrison on Rabaul , an important area in New Britain. It became the site of the Battle of Cape Gloucester , part of Operation Cartwheel , in 1943. After long fighting through rain, and Japanese, the United States 1st Marine Division United States 1st Marine Division had it declared secured. After the war, the headland was given back to the natives. Category Headlands of Papua New Guinea Gloucester Category West New Britain Province PapuaNewGuinea geo stub cs Mys Gloucester es Cabo Gloucester pl Przyl dek Gloucester ... more details
Matson is a suburb in the City of Gloucester , Gloucestershire , England. History Unlike neighbouring villages, such as Brookthorpe and Upton St Leonards , Matson is not mentioned in the Domesday Book . It appears to have been a part of Kings Barton at the time of the survey. The origins of the name are unclear but early versions recorded include Matesknolle , Mattesdune and Matesden ref name history of the county of gloucester rudge http openlibrary.org works OL7874606W The history of the county of Gloucester Rudge, Thomas The History of the County of Gloucester , page 171. 1803 ref and it is likely that the names refer to Robinswood Hill, ref name history of the county of gloucester rudge a large hill which lay entirely within the ancient parish of Matson and on the flanks of which the village lies. It has been suggested that iron ore was mined from Robinswood Hill in Saxon times ref name history of the county of gloucester rudge although there is little evidence for this. A spring called the Red Well rising just above Matson is ferruginous in nature. Matson House, a large manorial house, was the headquarters of King Charles during the Siege of Gloucester. ref http www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk ecivil gloucester.htm Siege of Gloucester, King Charles quartered at Matson House ref 1950s to Present Today, Matson is best known for the council house council estate that was built in the village after the Second World War. Parmjit Dhanda former Member of Parliament MP for Gloucester UK Parliament constituency Gloucester 2001 2010 lives in Matson with his family. Matson contains a ski slope, a pub, a shopping parade, doctors surgery, Neighbourhood Project and several churches. Matson police station was closed in 1994 Citation needed date September 2008 . A new motorway service ... sea level. Much of Matson is built on the sides of the hill including the Gloucester Ski Centre. References ... Districts of Gloucester gloucestershire geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Wotton is a suburb of Gloucester , England . It is situated close to the city centre, the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Royal Hospital , the city s railway station and to London Road. Coord 51 52 5 N 2 13 39 W scale 10000 display title Gloucestershire geo stub Category Districts of Gloucester ... more details
Gloucester Abbey was a Rule of St. Benedict Benedictine abbey for monk s in the city of Gloucester , England . The abbey was founded about 1022 and was dedicated to Simon Peter Saint Peter . ref name Heads52 David Knowles scholar Knowles, David Brooke C. N. L. and London, Vera C. M. The Heads of Religious Houses England and Wales 940 1216 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0 521 08367 2 p. 52 ref It is recorded that the abbey lost about a quarter of its complement of monks in 1377 due to the Black Death . In 1540, the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII of England Henry VIII , and became Gloucester Cathedral the following year. ref cite web url http www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk index.php?page history title Gloucester Cathedral History accessdate 2009 03 01 ref See also Abbot of GloucesterGloucester Cathedral References reflist Benedictine houses of England and Wales coord 51 52 3 N 2 14 48 W type landmark region GB GLS display title DEFAULTSORT Gloucester Abbey Category Benedictine monasteries in England Category Monasteries in Gloucestershire Category 1022 establishments Category 1540 disestablishments Category History of Gloucester UK Christian monastery stub Gloucestershire struct stub ... more details
John Gloucester was the first African American to become an ordained Presbyterian Minister Christianity minister in the United States . ref name planphilly cite web title New ID for remains buried with Gloucesters url http www.planphilly.com node 7277 date 2008 02 09 author Kellie Patrick Gates ref References reflist See also Stephen Gloucester Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gloucester, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1802 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1850 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gloucester, John Category 1802 births Category 1850 deaths Category American Presbyterian clergy ... more details
Infobox River river name Gloucester River image name Gloucester River March1997.jpg image size 230 caption upper Gloucester River, at Gloucester Falls, Barrington Tops National Park , Australia origin Barrington Tops National Park , New South Wales mouth Manning River basin countries Australia length elevation mouth elevation discharge watershed The Gloucester River is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia . It originates in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Barrington Tops region, flowing through Nothofagus moorei Antarctic Beech and Atherosperma Southern Sassafras high altitude rainforest. And then through lower altitude sub tropical rainforest including trees such as Toona ciliata Red Cedar and Dysoxylum fraserianum Rosewood . See also List of rivers of Australia References cite web url http www.gnb.nsw.gov.au name search?transaction savefile&placename &status ASSIGNED&designation RIVER&lga None&map &parish title List of placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs work Geographical Names Register GNR of NSW publisher Geographical Names Board of New South Wales accessdate 2008 06 07 coord 31 58 S 151 59 E display title region AU type river source GNS enwiki Suburbs of Dungog Shire Suburbs of Gloucester Shire Hunter Region places and items of interest Category Rivers of New South Wales HunterRegion geo stub de Gloucester River ... more details
Gloucester Park is a harness racing course in Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia . In the suburb of East Perth, Western Australia East Perth , the oval course is adjacent to the WACA Ground . The track is lit, and Friday night pacing events are popular. As of 2006 the Western Australian Trotting Association have used Gloucester Park for more than 70 years, starting with the first Inter Dominion Championship held in February 1936. ref http www.harness.org.au wa gloucesterpark history.htm A Little Bit of History Alan Parker. Retrieved 2007 02 10. ref Gloucester Park has also been used for Telstra Rally Australia . ref http www.westernaustralia.com en Media Media Releases July to Sept 2003 Gloucester Park named new venue for Telstra Rally Australia.htm Gloucester Park named new venue for Telstra Rally Australia 2003 07 01, Tourism Western Australia. Retrieved 2007 02 10. ref Between 1977 and 1979 Gloucester Park was used as a venue for World Series Cricket matches. ref http www.cricketarchive.com Archive Grounds 2 2374 misc.html Other matches played on Gloucester Park, Perth www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2007 02 10. ref Image Gloucester park ent gnangarra.jpg thumb left 350px Entrance to Gloucester Park, located at the southern side of the perimeter Image Gloucester park int gnangarra 02.JPG thumb right 350px Grandstands, track and finish line. The floodlights surrounding the WACA Ground are visible in the background br clear all References Reflist External links http www.gloucesterpark.com.au Gloucester Park Website coord 31 57 24 S 115 52 56 E type landmark region AU display title Category Harness racing in Australia Category Horse racing venues in Australia Category Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia Category Defunct cricket venues in Australia Category World Series Cricket venues Category State Register of Heritage Places PerthAU stub Australia sports venue stub horseracing venue stub ... more details
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