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Gloucester

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About Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, in the South West of England, of which it is the county town. Gloucester lies near the Welsh outskirt, on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds toward the east and the Forest of Dean toward the southwest. Gloucester was established in AD 97 by the Romans under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis, and was allowed its first sanction in 1155 by King Henry II. Monetarily, the city is commanded by the administration ventures, and has a solid money related and business area, and generally was conspicuous in the avionic business.

Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city close to the waterway, starts in the establishment of a convent devoted to Saint Peter in 681. It is the entombment place of King Edward II and Walter de Lacy. The house of prayer was utilized for passage scenes in the movies Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The sepulcher was utilized for a scene in Sherlock Christmas exceptional. Connected to the deanery is the Norman earlier's house of prayer. In St Mary's Square outside the Abbey entryway, the Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop John Hooper, was martyred under Queen Mary I in 1555.

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