Photographing the c.500 sites listed by Historic England in the near 2,000-year-old Roman fort and colonia, Saxon stronghold, medieval town and cathedral city of Gloucester

For an interactive map of listed buildings in central Gloucester, see https://tripbackmap.com

Cathedral

Cathedral
Docks

Docks
Folk of Gloucester

Folk of Gloucester
St. Oswald's Priory

St. Oswald's Priory
Lower Westgate Street

Lower Westgate Street
St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas
Upper Westgate Street

Upper Westgate Street
St. Mary's Square

St. Mary's
St. Mary de Lode

St. Mary de Lode
St. Mary's Gate

Cathedral Gates
Infirmary Ruins

Cathedral Infirmary
Cathedral Millers Green

Cathedral Millers Green
Cathedral College Green

Cathedral College Green
King's School Entrance on Pitt Street

King's School and Pitt Street
Southgate Street

Upper Southgate Street
St. Mary de Crypt

St. Mary de Crypt
Northgate Street

Northgate Street
Upper Eastgate Street

Upper Eastgate Street
Lower Eastgate Street and Clarence Street

Lower Eastgate and Clarence
Bearland

Bearland
Blackfriars

Blackfriars
Llanthony Secunda Priory

Llanthony Secunda Priory
Greyfriars

Greyfriars
Gloucester Spa

Gloucester Spa
Kingsholm, Hare and Worcester

Kingsholm, Hare and Worcester
London Road

London Road
Hillfield House

Hillfield House
Barnwood

Barnwood
Hucclecote

Hucclecote
St. Swithun's Hempsted

Bits and Pieces

Articles

Saxon St. Oswald's in the shadow of the Norman Cathedral

Brief History of the Town of Gloucester

From Roman fort to late-15th century medieval town

Gloucester Cathedral

Brief History of the City of Gloucester (I)

From elevation to cathedral city in 1541 to the dawn of the industrial age

City of Gloucester stretching southwards from the tower of Gloucester Cathedral

Brief History of the City of Gloucester (II)

Industrialisation and meteoric growth in the 19th and 20th centuries

Archaeological Remains of the East Gate Bastion

What Lies Beneath

Surfacing Roman Glevum in modern-day Gloucester

Lower Eastgate Street

The Siege of Gloucester

Casting the first cloud over the Royalist Summer in the English Civil War

Archaeological Remains of the East Gate Bastion

Gloucester Castle

A castle fit for kings, queens and miscreants

Archaeological Remains of the East Gate Bastion

The Ten Gates of Gloucester

The gates of Gloucester from the Roman period to the 19th century

Westgate Street

Roman Riverfront at Gloucester

The Roman port and riverfront at Gloucester

Severn flooding The Quay

The Fickleness of Sabrina

Two thousand years of the River Severn at Gloucester

Gloucester Park War Memorials

Gloucester Pro Patria

War memorials in Gloucester and some of the story behind them

The grave of Ivor Gurney

Rosemary for Remembrance

The troubled life of Ivor Gurney, composer, poet, warrior

Eastgate Street

What were they thinking?

Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, urban planner, butcher of historic Gloucester or pragmatic preservationist?

The Oxbode

Selling the Soul

The Impact of Retail on Gloucester's Heritage

St. Michael's Tower

Heritage at Risk

Listed sites placed on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register

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