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Westgate, Gloucester
The Westgate area of Gloucester is centred on Westgate Street, one of the four main streets of Gloucester and one of the oldest parts of the city. The population of the Westgate ward in Gloucester was 6,687 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. Notable buildings St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester, St. Nicholas' Church, a redundant Anglican church and Grade I listed building is situated at the far end of Westgate Street with Gloucester Folk Museum almost opposite. Gloucester Cathedral is not far away and the main entrance to the Cathedral precincts is via College Green from Westgate Street. Next to St. Nicholas' Church is the Dick Whittington Tavern, known originally as ''St. Nicholas House'', a 15th-century town house once owned by the Richard Whittington, Whittington family of the ''Tale of Dick Whittington and his Cat'' fame. The house was restored by Gloucester Civic Trust and Gloucester Historic Buildings Ltd in the 1980s. The Old Judges House, at N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westgate Street, Gloucester - Geograph
Westgate or West Gate may refer to: Companies * Westgate Resorts, a real estate company and timeshare company * Westgate Department Stores, the department store division of Anglia Regional Co-operative Society in the United Kingdom Events * Westgate shopping mall shooting, a 2013 attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya Places United Kingdom *Westgate, County Durham, a village * Westgate, Gloucester, an area of the city * Westgate, Lincolnshire, a hamlet * Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, a former electoral ward * Westgate, Norfolk, a List of United Kingdom locations: Weste-West L#West G, location * Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, a town * Westgate (Wakefield), a street in West Yorkshire United States * Westgate, Alaska, see List of places in Alaska (W) * Westgate, Baltimore, Maryland * Westgate, Georgia, see List of places in Georgia (U.S. state) (S–Z) * Westgate, Iowa * Westgate, Los Angeles * Westgate, Columbus, Ohio * Westgate, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood in Austin, Texas * We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hooper (bishop)
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Gloucester Old Bank
The Gloucester Old Bank was a British bank that operated between 1716 and 1838. It was founded in 1716 by James Wood.Heighway, Carolyn. ''Gloucester: a history and guide.'' Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1985, p.157. The bank was said to have been the oldest private bank in Britain, having survived the financial consequences of the Napoleonic Wars when many other banks went out of business. The claim is wrong as both C. Hoare & Co. and Child & Co. were founded earlier; the Gloucester Old Bank was, however, one of the oldest banks in Britain in the nineteenth century. At some point in the nineteenth century the bank became the ''Gloucester City Old Bank''. In 1838 it was taken over by the ''County of Gloucestershire Banking Company'' which eventually became part of Lloyds Bank. Apotheosis After the death of the first James Wood, the bank passed to his son Richard Wood and on his death in 1802 to James (Jemmy) Wood, who was also known as the ''Gloucester Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemmy Wood
James "Jemmy" Wood (7 October 1756 – 20 April 1836) was the owner of the Gloucester Old Bank who became nationally known as "The Gloucester Miser". His wealth of around £900,000 was stated at the time to have made him "the richest commoner in His Majesty's dominions". Early life Wood was born on 7 October 1756James Wood's Time Line. corseandstaunton.org.uk, 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2011. in Westgate Street, Gloucester and baptised at St Michael's Church on 19 October 1756. He was the third child and only son of Richard and Elizabeth Wood and he attended eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Crown Inn
The Old Crown Inn was a grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ... pub house at 81 and 83 Westgate Street, Gloucester. The pub closed in early 2024. References External links Grade II listed pubs in Gloucestershire Pubs in Gloucester Westgate, Gloucester {{Gloucestershire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword, Gloucester
The Sword is a public house at 43 and 45 Westgate Street, Gloucester, England, that is a grade II listed building with Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot .... It was formerly known as The Union and Molly's Bar. References Grade II listed pubs in Gloucestershire Pubs in Gloucester Westgate, Gloucester {{Gloucestershire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fountain Inn, Gloucester
The Fountain Inn is a grade II listed pub at 53 Westgate Street, Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ..., England. It is mentioned in an Abbey Rental document of 1455. Some of the building is from the late 16th century but it was mostly rebuilt in the late 17th century, altered in the 18th century, and remodelled around 1900. References External links Grade II listed pubs in Gloucestershire Pubs in Gloucester Westgate, Gloucester {{Gloucestershire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower George Hotel
The Lower George Hotel, now the Lower George Inn, is a grade II listed building at 121 Westgate Street, Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean .... For some time the building was home to the 'Pig Inn the City', which closed in 2011. After refurbishment it has opened again under its original name. References External links *http://www.gloucestershirepubs.co.uk/AllGlosPubsDatabase/RAIGConnection.php?pubid1=1744 Grade II listed pubs in Gloucestershire Pubs in Gloucester Westgate, Gloucester {{UK-hotel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citizen (Gloucester)
The ''Gloucester Citizen'' is a local British weekly newspaper covering the areas of Gloucester, Stroud and the Forest of Dean. It was a six-day-a-week newspaper until it went weekly in October 2017. The ''Gloucester Citizen'' is headquartered at Gloucester Quays along with its sister newspaper the ''Gloucestershire Echo''. The editor from 2017 to 2020 was Rachael Sugden. History The newspaper was originally founded on 9 April 1722 as ''The Gloucester Journal''. The ''Citizen'' first appeared on 1 May 1876. Editions The ''Gloucester Citizen'' is a former daily (six days per week) newspaper which went weekly from the October 12, 2017 issue, publishing on Thursdays. Before the changed frequency, it had a Saturday edition containing the ''Weekend'' magazine. There was also a Forest of Dean edition of the newspaper which was released on a Wednesday. The ''Pink 'Un'', focusing on the sport side of the county, was a supplement which came out each Monday with the newspaper and ''Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry (27 February 184721 July 1928) was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and toured throughout the British provinces in her teens. At 16, she married the 46-year-old artist George Frederic Watts, but they separated within a year. She soon returned to the stage but began a relationship with the architect Edward William Godwin and retired from the stage for six years. She resumed acting in 1874 and was immediately acclaimed for her portrayal of roles in Shakespeare and other classics. In 1878 she joined Henry Irving's company as his leading lady, and for more than the next two decades she was considered the leading Shakespearean and comic actress in Britain. Two of her most famous roles were Portia in '' The Merchant of Venice'' and Beatrice in ''Much Ado About Nothing''. She and Irving also toured with great success in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End theatre, West End's Lyceum Theatre, London, Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society. Life and career Irving was born to a working-class family in Keinton Mandeville in the county of Somerset. W.H. Davies, the poet, was a cousin. Irving spent his childhood living with his aunt, Mrs Penberthy, at Halsetown in Cornwall. He competed in a recitation contest at a local Methodist chapel where he was beaten by William Curnow, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school at age 12 to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father John Dickens, John was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. After three years, he returned to school before beginning his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years; wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and nonfiction articles; lectured and performed Penny reading, readings extensively; was a tireless letter writer; and campaigned vigor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
