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Filed under Colwall 2016, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays
Gloucester Cathedral
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2016
Filed under Colwall 2016, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral has been a place of Christian worship continuously for over 1,300 years, since Osric, an Anglo-Saxon prince, founded a religious house here in 678-9 AD. Little is known for certain about the communities which worshipped here or the buildings they used over the next 400 years although it is believed that the Benedictine [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2016
Filed under Colwall 2016, Holidays
Gloucester Docks
Fifteen Victorian warehouses stand as proud guardians to Britain’s most inland port. The former dock estate has become a popular destination where visitors can enjoy interesting views and a range of modern facilities while wandering around a remarkably complete example of a Victorian port. Views include many fine late Victorian era warehouses, a working dry [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2016
