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Definition: Gloucester |
GloucesterNoun1. A town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries. 2. A city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Gloucester" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
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Literature | Gloucester (2 syl.). The ancient Britons called the town Caer Glou (bright city). The Romans Latinised Glou or Glove in Glev-um, and added colonia (the Roman colony of Glev-um). The Saxons restored the old British word Glou, and added ceaster, to signify it had been a Roman camp. Hence the word means "Glou, the camp city." Geoffrey of Monmouth says, when Arviragus married Genuissa, daughter of Claudius Cæsar, he induced the emperor to build a city on the spot where the nuptials were solemnised; this city was called Caer-Clau', a contraction of Caer-Claud, corrupted into Caer-glou, converted by the Romans into Glou-caster, and by the Saxons into Glou-ceaster or Glou-cester. "Some," continues the same "philologist," "derive the name from the Duke Gloius, a son of Claudius, born in Britain on the very spot." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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This is about Gloucester, England for other uses see gloucester (disambiguation)Gloucester (pronounced 'Gloster') is a city in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. In 1991 it had a population of 106,526. Traditionally Gloucester has been the county town of Gloucestershire.
It is located on the left (east) bank of the river Severn, 114 miles west-north-west of London. It is sheltered by the Cotswolds on the east, while the Malvern Hills and the Forest of Dean rise prominently to the west and north-west.
Gloucester is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness shipping canal to the Severn estuary, allowing larger ships to reach the docks than would be possible on the tidal reaches of the river itself. The wharves, warehouses and the docks themselves fell into considerable disrepair until the 1980s, at which point they were renovated and form a public open space for the city's residents. Some warehouses now house the National Waterways Museum and the "Pack Age" museum, others were converted into luxury residential apartments, shops and bars.
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to St Peter in 681. It is the burial place of King Edward II of England.
Attached to the deanery is the Norman prior's chapel. In St Mary's Square outside the Abbey gate, Bishop Hooper suffered martyrdom under Queen Mary in 1555.
Many quaint gabled and timbered houses survive from earlier periods of the city's history. At the point of intersection of the four principal streets stood the Tolsey or town hall, replaced by a modern building in 1894. None of the old public buildings is left but the New Inn in Northgate Street is a beautiful timbered house, strong and massive, with external galleries and courtyards; it was built in 1450 for the pilgrims to Edward II.'s shrine, by Abbot Sebroke, and a traditional subterranean passage leads to the cathedral.
There are a large number of churches and in the past there were also many dissenting chapels. It may have been the old proverb, "as sure as God's in Gloucester," which provoked Oliver Cromwell to declare that the city had "more churches than godliness." The first Sunday school in England was held in Gloucester, founded by Robert Raikes in 1780. Four churches are of special interest:
In the neighbourhood of St Mary de Crypt are the slight remains of Greyfriars and Blackfriars monasteries, and also of the city wall. Early vaulted cellars remain under the Fleece and Saracen's Head inns.
- St Mary de Lode, with a Norman tower and chancel, and a monument of Bishop Hooper, on the site of a Roman temple which became the first Christian church in Britain;
- St Mary de Crypt, a cruciform structure of the 12th century, with later additions and a beautiful and lofty tower;
- the church of St Michael, said to have been connected with the ancient abbey of St Peter; and
- St Nicholas church, originally of Norman erection, and possessing a tower and other portions of later date.
There are three endowed schools: the College school, refounded by Henry VIII of England as part of the cathedral establishment; the school of St Mary de Crypt, founded by Dame Joan Cooke in the same reign; and Sir Thomas Rich's Blue Coat Hospital for boys (1666). At the Crypt school the famous preacher George Whitefield (1714-1770) was educated, and he preached his first sermon in the church.
The noteworthy modern buildings include the museum and school of art and science, the county gaol (on the site of a Saxon and Norman castle), the Shire Hall and the Whitefield memorial church. A park in the south of the city contains a spa, a chalybeate spring having been discovered in 1814. West of this, across the canal, are the remains (a gateway and some walls) of Llanthony Priory, a cell of the mother abbey in the vale of Ewyas, Monmouthshire, which in the reign of Edward IV became the secondary establishment.
The traditional existence of a British settlement at Gloucester (Caer Glow, Gleawecastre, Gleucestre) is not confirmed by any direct evidence, but Gloucester was the Roman municipality or colonia of Glevum, founded in the reign of Nerva. Parts of the walls can be traced, and many remains and coins have been found, though inscriptions are scarce. Evidence for some civic life after the end of Roman Britain includes the mention in the Historia Brittonum that Vortigern's grandfather ruled Gloucester, and that the Battle of Deorham in 577 resulted in Wessex controlling Gloucester.
Its situation on a navigable river, and the foundation in 681 of the abbey of St Peter by Æthelred favoured the growth of the town; and before the Norman Conquest of England, Gloucester was a borough governed by a portreeve, with a castle which was frequently a royal residence, and a mint.
The first overlord, Earl Godwine, was succeeded nearly a century later by Robert of Gloucester. King Henry II granted the first charter in 1155 which gave the burgesses the same liberties as the citizens of London and Winchester, and a second charter of Henry II gave them freedom of passage on the Severn. The first charter was confirmed in 1194 by Richard I of England. The privileges of the borough were greatly extended by the charter of John (1200) which gave freedom from toll throughout the kingdom and from pleading outside the borough.
Subsequent charters were numerous. Gloucester was incorporated by King Richard III in 1483, the town being made a county in itself. This charter was confirmed in 1489 and 1510, and other charters of incorporation were received by Gloucester from Queen Elizabeth I and King James I
Until the construction of the Severn Bridge in 1966, Gloucester was the lowest crossing point on the river. A road bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1829 at Over still stands, notable for its very flat arch construction, but its fragility and narrow width means it is no longer used for traffic, and since 1974 has been paralleled by a modern road bridge.
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Gloucester is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 281 km south of Perth.
Fact sheet
See also: Protected areas of Western Australia
- Area: 875 ha
- Latitude: 34° 26' 40" S
- Longitude: 116° 03' 31" E
- Date of establishment: 1993
- Managing authorities: Department of Conservation and Land Management
- IUCN category: II
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Gloucester is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 30,273.Geography
Gloucester is located at 42°37'26" North, 70°40'32" West (42.624015, -70.675521)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 107.5 km² (41.5 mi²). 67.2 km² (26.0 mi²) of it is land and 40.2 km² (15.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 37.42% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 30,273 people, 12,592 households, and 7,895 families residing in the city. The population density is 450.2/km² (1,166.0/mi²). There are 13,958 housing units at an average density of 207.6/km² (537.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.99% White, 0.61% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. 1.48% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 12,592 households out of which 27.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% are married couples living together, 10.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% are non-families. 30.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 3.00. In the city the population is spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $47,722, and the median income for a family is $58,459. Males have a median income of $41,465 versus $30,566 for females. The per capita income for the city is $25,595. 8.8% of the population and 7.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.8% are under the age of 18 and 11.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gloucester, Massachusetts."
Crosswords: Gloucester |
| English words defined with "Gloucester": Cotswold sheep. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Gloucester": Good Duke Humphrey ♦ Humphrey ♦ Jews' Sabbath ♦ Keys ♦ Parliament of Bats, Peeping Tom of Coventry, Public-house Signs ♦ Rufus ♦ Still Waters Run Deep. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gloucester" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (Gloucester). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Love at Gloucester Port (1911) N.J. Shad Fishing at Gloucester (1901) The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) | |
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 | Nautical chart of Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, 1855. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Views of "Anacortes, Skagit County" the "Gloucester of the Pacific". In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 109. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Low tide near Gloucester. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Gloucester waterfront. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Maintaining the boats is a never-ending job - boat on the ways at Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | "They that go down to the sea in ships 1623 -1923". The Fishermen's Memorial at Gloucester commemorating the thousands of fishermen who have lost their lives from this port. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Happy fishermen displaying their catch after a cold and rainy day off Gloucester . Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Kirk Gillis displaying the fruits of the day's labor. Aboard the headboat YANKEE CAPTAIN out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Mates working hard fileting Atlantic Cod after an offshore bottom fishing trip to Georges Bank. Aboard the headboat YANKEE CAPTAIN out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | A young fisherman proudly displays a fish almost as large as himself. Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |
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King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | GLOUCESTER. |
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| "Gloucester" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Gloucester" is used about 3,243 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.78% | 3,236 | 2,933 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.22% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,243 | N/A |
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1. Gloucester, MA (city, FIPS 26150) 2. Gloucester, NC |
Expressions using "Gloucester": Gloucester City ♦ Gloucester County ♦ Gloucester Courthouse ♦ Gloucester Point ♦ New Gloucester. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Gloucester": gloucester-based, Gloucester-berkely, Gloucester-holyhead, Gloucester-ross, Gloucester-sharpness. | |
Ending with "Gloucester": All-gloucester, Bath-bristol-gloucester, Cheltenham-gloucester. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Gloucester"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Djathë Gloster. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Вид Сирене. (various references) | |
Chinese | 格洛斯特. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Gloucester. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oucesterglay.(various references) | |
Russian | глостер, Глостерский Сыр. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gloster. (various references) | |
Welsh | Caerloyw. (various references) | |
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"Gloucester" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gloucerster, Gloucster. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-l-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: clotures, clouters, corselet, corteges, coulters, cruelest, eclogues, electors, electros, lectures, resolute, selector. | |
-3 letters: closure, cloture, clouter, cluster, colters, colures, corslet, cortege, costrel, coulees, coulter, couters, creoles, cutlers, eclogue, elector, electro, gesture, glucose, lectors, lecture, recluse, reglets, reglues, relucts, scourge, scouter, scrouge, soleret, tercels. | |
-4 letters: ceorls, cereus, cerous, certes, ceruse, closer, closet, clours, clouts. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-l-o-r-s-t-u" | |
+4 letters: electrosurgery. | |
+5 letters: conglomerateurs, electrosurgical, overspeculating. | |
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