The Severn valley: a series of sketches, descriptive and pictorial, of the course of the Severn: containing notices of its topographical, industrial, and geological features; with glances at its historical and legendary associations (1862)
Randall, John, 1810-1910 · London, J. S. Virtue · leaf 254
CHAPTER XIX. Gloucester— Early Phases and Pleasant Features— Inns, Hostelries, and Ancient Houses— The old Peg Tankard— Shakespeare's Jug and Cane- Old Churches— Bishop Hooper's Tomb— The Cathedral— Richness of Gothic Architecture. … of an inland town. Present and past strangely mingle: grey ruins and railway sidings are seen together, and locomotives glide in and out where surpliced priests once performed the services of the Church. Although long the outlet of an extensive district to the sea, its activity and prosperity have…
Severn River Valley (Wales and England) -- Description and travel
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