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A Tribute To Bill Gwilliam MBE
Thoughts of Bill Gwilliam One Year on


Home > A Message from Michael Grundy
Message from Mike Grundy from Worcestershire Evening News


Home > Worcester People and Places
Isaac Wedley, Antiquarian, Author and Organist
The Beginning of Iron Workings in Worcestershire
The Cardinal's Hat, Friar Street, Worcester
The Shrawley Witch
Wall's Bakery, Friar Street
The Hop Pole Inn
Roman Roads in Worcestershire
The Wyldes of the Commandery
The Blanquets
Highwayman at Claines, Executed
The Athenaeum
The Old Palace, Deansway
Pitchcroft and the fight to get public possession
Rainbow Hill and Doctor Dixon
Alderman William Lewis
Lady Huntingdon's Church
King Charles House
The Royal Albert Orphange
The Corbetts - Father & Son
The Truck Acts and Cider for Farm Workers
1812 - A Year of Famine
The Fire Engine House
The Elgars - Father and Son
Prehistoric Trackways in Worcestershire
Harper's Hitchman's Ltd (Lowesmoor Brewery)
Links with the Past
The Beginnings of Worcester
The Early Cathedrals of Oswald and Wulstan
The Sanctuary at Worcester
The Plague and Puritans
The Cathedral and the City
The Shrines of Oswald and Wulstan
The Dissolution
The Royal Tombs
Eaton's Concise History of Worcester (1829)
Edgar Tower
King Charle's House
The Old Palace, Deansway
Three Incidents at the Old Palace
The City Walls and Gates
The Growth of the City
The Tything of Whitstone
The Liberties of the City
The Commandery
Judge Berkeley and Hidden Treasure.
Judge Berkeley and Spetchley Park
Changes in the City Boundaries
Old Street Names
The Shambles
The Temperance Hall and The Hall of Science
George Williamson
St.Pauls and 'Woodbine Willie'
The Cornmarket
The Shades
The Drama of the Corn Exchange
The Non-Conformist Mayors
The Early Post Office
The Fire at Trinity Hall
The Old Infirmary, Silver Street
St Peter's Parish Workhouse
The Greyfriars
The Public Hall
Queen Elizabeth's House in the Trinity
The Trinity Hall and Freame the Cabinet Maker
Alderman John Nash & Nash's Almshouse's
Friar Street
The Cameron Family
Lord Somers and the 'Glorious Revolution'
The Black Festival
Population
The City Gaol
The County Prison in the Old Castle
The Town Ditch
William Laslett
New Street Inns and Cockfighting
John Wesley in Worcester
The Eagle Vaults
The Guilds
Hannah Snell, The Woman Soldier
The Greyfriars & Greyfriars School
Tudor House
Wyatt's Hospital
Nelson at Worcester


Home > Curiosities in the Church in Worcestershire
Local Saints, Fair and Markets
A Presentment from St. Micheal's Church, Worcester, 1674
St George's Roman Catholic Church and a Fine Painting
Mr. Ward's Playhouse, 1752 (Stourbridge)
Saint Augustine's Oak
The Boundaries of the Worcester Diocese
Rector in Penance at Kemerton
The Enthronement of a Medieval Bishop of Worcester
A Penance ordered on a Sub-Deacon and his woman in 1303
A Penance ordered on Two Clerks of Droitwich
Notes on the Reformation in Worcester
William Tyndale, and the Translation of the Bible into English
Worcester Priors Mitred
High Street Public Houses
Miserrimus
The Anchorite of St. Nicholas


Home > Worcester Historical Studies
A.E.Houseman and 'Shropshire Lad'
Horse Shoes Rent Paid for 700 years
A Seventeenth Century 'Blue Stocking'
Worcester Mayor Elopes with a Girl of 18
Lady Emily Foley
Mrs Sherwood and the Black Library
The City Charter
The Old Waterworks
Lavender House
Tunnel Hill Observatory
Tunnel Hill Observatory
The Dineley Family and the 'Ruby' Tragedy
Sir John Dineley, 'the Poor Knight of Windsor'
John Baskerville, Printer and Atheist
Sir George Vernon
The Sword Bearer of the City of Worcester
The State Sword
The Use of Pears in the City and County Arms
Worcester City Regalia
Definitions of History
The Bubonic Plague at Worcester
The Plague Pit
Old Worcester - Architectural Notes


Home > Historic and Notable Inns
The Cornmarket Inns
'A Test of Young Manhood'
Inns and Taverns of the City of Worcester
The Cardinal's Hat, Friar Street, Worcester
The Old Talbot, Sidbury
William Prosser, (Bulls Head Brewery, 32 High Street)
Ernest Watkins, (28 New Street - Brewer)
Speckley Brothers Ltd (Worcester Brewery - Barbourne Road)
Lewis Clarkes Ltd (Angel Place - Brewery)
Robert Allen & Co Ltd (Brewery)
Pack Horse, St. Nicholas Street
Historical Lists
Inns listed in Lewis's Directory of 1820 (not in 1829 list)
The Inventory and Valuation of The Prince of Wales Public House, in The Moors, 1878
Worcester Inns Listed in the Worcester Directory of 1829
The Increase in Public Houses from 1830 to 1869
Worcester's Ancient Inns
Cross Keys, Friar Street.
Cross Keys, Sidbury.
Cross Keys
The Cock Inn, Sidbury
Three Cranes, Lich Street
Cross Inn, Cornmarket
King's Head, Sidbury.
Four Green Dragons Inns in Worcester - all of ancient foundations
The Corporation
Cheshire Cheese Inn
Old Rectifying House
Mitre
High Street Inns


Home > Worcestershire Bridges and Ferries
Dog and Duck Ferry, Worcester
The Grandstand Ferry
Remains of an old Severn Ford below the Cathedral Ferry
Withybed Ford, Diglis, Worcester
Kepax Ferry, Barbourne, Worcester
Hawford Ferry


Home > Pictures of Worcester and Worcestershire
Early Worcester Cathedral View
Huddington Court
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The Theatre Royal
Swan Steps Worcester
St Peter's Street c.1920
All Saints Church and The Well 1835
A View of Worcester c.1779


Home > The Severn and Canals
Time and tides across the years at Diglis
Pleasure Steamers on the Severn
Tolls for Pleasure Boats through Locks 1914


Home > Survey of Worcestershire Newspapers
Introduction
High Street Printers
Crowquill of Berrow's Worcester Journal
Worcester - an Historic Centre of Printing
Early Worcestershire Newspapers
Early Newsletters
Early Reporters
The Oldest Newspaper
The First Provincial Newspapers
Change of Title - Worcester Post or Western Journal
An Earlier Worcester Paper ?
Stephen Bryan and the Worcester Postman
The Worcester Journal
Their humble servant, H.Berrow
The New Worcester Journal
Berrow's Worcester Journal
The Later Years of the Berrow's Worcester Journal
The Worcester Herald and the Holl Family
Berrow's House Output
Editors and General Managers


Home > Sports
The Early Days of Worcester City Football Club
Boughton Cricket Ground
The Dover's Hill Games
Cricket Facts
Cricket Interruptions at Worcester
Cathedral Chimes and County Cricket
A Tall Cricket Story
Boughton Cricket Ground, W.G.Grace and R.E.Foster.
The Spring and Langon Championship Fight at Worcester Part 1
The Spring and Langon Championship Part 2 - 40,000 on Pitchcroft
The Spring and Langon Championship Fight , Part 3 The First 32 Rounds


Home > Old Roads of Worcestershire
Track across Kempsey Common
Roman Roads in Worcestershire
Prehistoric Trackways in Worcestershire
A Pre-Historic Track from Bredon Hill to Midsummer Hill
Travelling On The Old Roads
Toot Hills
Alfred Watkins and Salt Leys


Home > One Hundred Year's of Worcester's High Street Shopping
Shops and Shopping in the Worcester in the 19th Century
The Cross
Foregate Street
The Shambles
100 Years of Shopping in Foregate Street
Butchers Shops in the City
Early Fashion Prints
An Old Style Barber


Home > Railways in Worcestershire
The Railway in Worcestershire


Home > The Theatre in Worcestershire
Mr. Ward's Playhouse, 1752 (Stourbridge)
The Development of Drama in England
The Early Theatre in Worcester
The Queen's Players
Plays at the Town Hall
The Restoration and Estcourt the Mimic
The King's Head Theatre
John Ward and His Daughter Sally
The Kemble Company Players
The Life of a Strolling Player
The West Midland Circuit and the New Theatre
Worcester A Social Centre
Life in an 18th Century Theatrical Company
The Greatest Tragic Actress
Sarah Kemble
Garrick and Parson Bates
Mrs Siddon's at Drury Lane
The Kemble Family
The Georgian Theatre in Angel Street, Worcester
The End of the King's Head Theatre
Valentine Green on the Angel Street Theatre
Stars of the London Stage
Mrs Jordan and Mrs Siddons
Improving Public Taste
The Theatre in Decline
The Theatre Royal Rebuilt
A Prologue for the New Theatre
The Theatre Burnt to the Ground
'Cutting and Flashing'
The Theatre Royal
Lady Carlton
A Rush for the 'Gods' - Mr Wyatt Remembers the Theatre Royal
The Magic of the Theatre Royal, Worcester - A Child's View
A 'Gaiety Girl's Recollection of the Theatre Royal, Worcester.
The Bankside Theatre, South Quay, Worcester
Information from Police Inspector (retired) George Lewis, 1988
The Music Halls
The Railway Bell Music Hall, St Martin's Gate
The Alhambra Music Hall, Lowesmoor
The New Worcester Concert Hall, Lowesmoor
Rivalry Between the Alhambra and the New Concert Hall
The Alhambra becomes a Circus Amphitheatre
A Confusion of Names
Worcester Music Halls -1868 to 1885, from The Era Almanack
The Apollo Cinema, Park Street, Worcester
St John's Cinema
Strolling Players and Edward Jackson, Mayor of Worcester, 1723
The Decline of the Lowesmoor Music Halls


Home > Trade and Industry in Worcester
The Beginning of Iron Workings in Worcestershire
Bank in Mealcheapen Street
Glass Works at Worcester
James Plum & Son, a Worcester Cutler
W.E.Tucker, Printer
Shot Manufactory in High Street, 1793
Early Engineers
Porcelain Manufacture In Worcester
The beginnings of the Worcester Porcelain Company
The Willow Pattern and Blue Dragon Designs
E.W.Locke.
Robert Baker & Royal Worcester
McNaught & Co's Carriage Works.
Williamson's Providence Work's


Home > Crime and the Legal Process in Worcester
Social Power and Authority
Feckenham Court Leet
Ancient Courts on the Hill Tops


Home > Folklore and Superstitions in Worcestershire
The Bewdley Witch
Kidderminster Witches, 1660
The Shrawley Witch
The Witch's Sister
Edward C. Corbett and the Telling of Folk Tales
Rebecca Swan, the Kidderminster Witch
The Salt Lane Witches
Trial by Water
Witchcraft in Worcestershire


Home > Steamers and Sailing Crafts on the Severn
The 'Holt' Castle
Pleasure Steamers on the Severn
Drinking Licences on Steamers
Steam Passengers 1912
The First Steam Boats at Worcester
The Perseverance Steamer - Tiller Steered
1854 The Severn Steamer
An Advert Announcing the Severn running from Worcester to Gloucester
The 'Sabrina' Paddle Steamer 1846.
The 'Duchess Doreen'
Steamer Accident at Diglis Locks, August 1918.
The 'Fashion' Steamer
The 'Beatrice'
Tankers into Pleasure Craft
Ernie North Skipper of the Severn Traveller
Details of Pleasure Steamers based at Worcester
The 'Lady Alwyn'
The Severn Punt
The 'Amo' Steamer of Stourport
The 'Bonavista' of Stourport
Average Tonnage on Severn, 1849
Brindley and Holt Castle Waterwheel
Last Trow under Sailt
Floods make Severn Unnavigable
The Severn Trow 'Spry'
Salt Trows or Wich Barges
Bygone Traffic on the Severn
Tonnage Burdens to Severn Ports


Home > Industrial Archaeology in Worcestershire
Iron Masters in the Midland Region - 16th and 17th centuries
19th Century Ironmasters in Worcestershire
Gazetteer of the Ironworks in the Severn Valley and Wyre Forest Area
Coal Mining in Worcestershire
The Iron and Engineering Trades in Worcester
Worcester Blade Mill and Waterworks
Hardy and Padmore The Worcester Foundry
Iron Workings in Worcestershire


Home > Pam's Search For Albie Thompson
The long awaited book
Albi Thompson -The One to Many - Operation Exodus Part One
Albie Thompson Part 2 - Over 60 Years Later
Click here for the transcript of all E mails posted on ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com


Home > Worcestershire Airforce, Military, Naval,
The Worcester Corporation Artillery Company


Home > Social & Enertainments in Worcester
Two Old Worcester Book-worms
The Black Library


Home > Kidderminster Carpet Trade
Early Kidderminster Clothiers
Kidderminster Spinners
First Spinning Mills
The First Carpets
A Carpet Spy
Carpet Mamufacturers in 1776
Early Carpet Works
The Jacquard System
Power Looms
'Room and Power' System
Kidderminster Carpet Manufacturers
Tompkins & Adams on Mount Pleasant
Carpet Manufacturers Association, 1864
Beavers and Stouts
The Emigration Fund
Power Looms and Female Labour
Silk Shawl Manufactory in Kidderminster


Home > Worcestershire Weather Records
Memorable Floods and Frosts
Great Storms 1880s
The Worcester Earthquake
A storm of Periwinkles !


Home > Education for the Poor in the City of Worcester in the 18th and 19th Century
Moore's Blue Coat School
Bishop Lloyd's Charity School


Home > Worcester's Online Shop
Pigot & Co Directory of Worcestershire 1835 CD
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Worcester Cathedral & Flight.Barr Framed Print
The Leasowes Genuine Print c1830
1960 Map Print of Worcestershire in 1631
Prospects of Worcester from the East Framed Print
Pride of the Midlands on River Severn Worcester Framed Print
Worcester Cathedral Miniture Framed Print
oil painting of Edgar Tower
Framed Mounted Print of Friar Street
Metal Etching of Worcestershire Map Ltd Edtion
Copper Engraving of Worcester Cathedral
Ash Tray showing Tewkesbury Abbey
Royal Worcester Golden Aniversary Plate
Worcester Scene Coasters Set of 6
Worcester Cathedral Scene Plate by Edwardian
Pair Royal Worcester Ash Trays Boxed


Home > More Publications To Purchase On Line
Victorian Workhouse: History of the Bromsgrove Workhouse by Neville Land
From Fruit Trees to Furnaces: A History of the Worcestershire Constabulary by Robert James Pooler
Droitwich: A Pictorial History (Pictorial History Series) by Bob Field & Lyn Blewitt
A History of a Rural Primary School In Worcestershire 1841—1991
Here Lyeth the Body....: Look at Worcestershire Churchyards by Sam Redgrave
The People of Worcestershire and their Church: Diocese of Worcester 680 - 1980
A Photographic history of your town
Crowle: A Mid-Worcestershire Village
Worcestershire Historic Inns of Interest
Scarce - Worcester Sect by John Noake
Worcestershire Domesday Book
Droitwich Spa Memory Lane
Bromsgrove Millennium Memory Lane
Berrow's Worcester Journal Tercentenary 1690 - 1990
Worcester'e Memory Lane Vol 7
Worcester As It Was by Thomas Stafford
Elgar and the Three Choirs Festival
Images of Bromsgrove
Images of Bromsgrove
Worcestershire Under Arms: An English County During the Civil Wars by Malcolm Atkin
The Battle of Worcester 1651 by Malcolm Atkin
Memories of Worcester
St. Oswald of Worcester: Life and Influence (Studies in the Early History of Britain) by Nicholas Brooks & Catherine Cubitt
Some Rural Quakers: A History of Quakers and Quakerism of the Corners of the Four Shires of Oxford, Warwick, Worcester and Gloucester by Jack V. Wood
Some Rural Quakers: A History of Quakers and Quakerism of the Corners of the Four Shires of Oxford, Warwick, Worcester and Gloucester by Jack V. Wood
Some Rural Quakers: A History of Quakers and Quakerism of the Corners of the Four Shires of Oxford, Warwick, Worcester and Gloucester by Jack V. Wood
Some Rural Quakers: A History of Quakers and Quakerism of the Corners of the Four Shires of Oxford, Warwick, Worcester and Gloucester by Jack V. Wood
The White Ladies of Worcester. A Romance of the 12th Century. by Florence L Barclay
Francis Frith's Around Worcester (Photographic Memories S.) by Julie Meech & Francis Frith
Hearth Tax Collectors' Book for Worcester, 1678-80 by Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings & etc.
Hearth Tax Collectors' Book for Worcester, 1678-80 by Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings & etc.
The Lygons of Madresfield Court by Dorothy E. Williams
Non Conformist Registers of Bewdley and Kidderminster, Worcestershire: Births/Baptisms 1727-1837 Burials 1757-1836


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Advice For beginners


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Home > Historical Places to Visit with opening details etc
The Cathedral
The Commandery
The Guildhall
Greyfriars
The Elgar Birthplace Museum
Harvington Hall
Witley Court
King Charles House


Home > Links
The Real William Shakespeare
Civil Registration search Indexes for England and Wales 1866 -2202
Worcestershire Industrial Archaeology & Local History Society
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All Saints Disaster
Died of Grief