head of theRiver Severnestuary on the border withWales. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover somewhat different areas. The administrative countycomprisessix districts:Cotswold,Forest of Dean,Stroud, the boroughs ofCheltenhamandTewkesbury, and the city ofGloucester, the county seat....
Gloucester, city (district), administrative and historic county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Severn between the Cotswolds to the east and the northern part of the Forest of Dean to the southwest. A 16-mile (26-km) ship canal links Gl
sea, and the other was intercepted by Sea Dart missiles fired from the BritishdestroyerHMSGloucester. The threat of an amphibious assault by the 4th and 5th Marine Expeditionary brigades (17,000 personnel) tied down six Iraqidivisionsdefending Kuwait’s coastline....
through Worcester, where the cathedral stands on a cliff rising from the river’s steep left bank. The River Teme enters from the west belowWorcesterand the Avon from the northeast atTewkesbury, a yachting and motorboat centre. AtGloucesterthe Severn becomes tidal and meanders to the sea. ...
In 1873 Wren’s building (the Greenwich Hospital) became the Royal Naval College (closed 1996). The University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music now hold classes there. The ensemble of the college and the National Maritime Museum has been described as one of the most finely balanced ...
The Trent is tidal for 50 miles (80 km) up to Cromwell Lock, 3 miles (5 km) below Newark, and at spring tide a bore known as the eagre develops, with a wave front of 3 to 4 feet (about 1 metre). Considerable quantities of bulk oil are still transported upstream on the Trent ...
through Worcester, where the cathedral stands on a cliff rising from the river’s steep left bank. The River Teme enters from the west belowWorcesterand the Avon from the northeast atTewkesbury, a yachting and motorboat centre. AtGloucesterthe Severn becomes tidal and meanders to the sea. ...
. Helier, a Frankish missionary who was reputedlymartyredthere in 555. The saint’s memory is preserved in the Hermitage, a small 12th-century oratory on L’Islet, as well as in the Abbey (later Priory) of St. Helier, founded in the mid-12th century by Robert FitzHamon, of Gloucester...