Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 218
as capturedby the Saxons. They called it Gleauanceaster,which exists to this day under the contracted formof Gloucester. At that time it was included in thekingdom of Wessex, and was afterwards annexedto that of Mercia. In the meanwhile traditionsays that a bishops see was founded at Gloucesterin… … GLOUCESTER INTERIOR OF THE NAVE GLOUCESTER to tradition, this can only be accepted with reser-vation. If true, the present church of St. Maryde Lode deserves far greater recognition than itreceives. Though evidently an old foundationmuch restored, it can hardly lay claim to suchantiquity. In all…
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