This church is in the heart of Gloucester and features in baptismal, marriage and death records of numerous Vicks who lived in Gloucester. Parts of it hail from the 12th century but as with most buildings it has undergone many renovations. The building beside it, the Crypt School was built in the mid 1500s to provide free […]
It is a museum of social history housed in 500 year old buildings. I was lucky that the day I chose to go was the annual day for free entry and cider pressing by Fergus the horse. The exhibits were varied. Click on the photo if you want to read the writing. The museum […]
My initial thoughts on the first day after walking through Gloucester’s main streets was that few old buildings remained apart from a couple of very distinctive ones. Once I’d learnt to look up I realised many were partly camouflaged by modern shopfronts or hidden down small alleys. There are so many old buildings of interest that […]
The Gloucester docks were the heart of commerce in the early 19th century with the import and transshipment of goods, especially grains and timber. Numerous buildings and warehouses remain. The photos taken around the docks area were taken on a couple of different days and at different times of the day. Daylight saving had just […]
I didn’t see much graffiti in Gloucester but most of what I saw is below. I have no idea of the symbolism of most of it.