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Worcester, England

Old English WEOGORNACEASTER

Obscure in Roman times, Worcester was made the seat of a diocese for the Hwicce people by St. Theodore of Tarsus. The anti-Norman insurgency after 1066 drew much of its strength from the Worcester area, a circumstance which determined the course of the diificult, even tragic, career of Wulfstan, the city's last Orthodox bishop of the pre-modern era.

General:
- Worcester. A sketch of the city's history and archæology. --- Archenfield Archaeology
- Paul Martin Remfry: Some Little-Known Facts About Worcester Pertinent to the Welsh Marches. --- Castles 99
- The Late-Roman and Post-Roman Settlement at Worcester. --- City of Worcester
- The Origins and Development of the Saxon Town of Weogornaceaster, AD 680 - AD 1066. --- City of Worcester
- The Norman Town of Worcester. --- City of Worcester
Worcester Cathedral:
- Maurice Weaver: Saxon cathedral emerges from its Norman shadow. Undated news clipping. --- Detectornet
- Homepage of The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Worcester. The cathedral is presently Anglican. Note that the "St. Wulfstan" repeatedly mentioned on these pages is not the Orthodox saint of that name but Archbishop Wulfstan of Worcester, who was eventually canonised by the Roman Catholics. --- COE Worcester
People:

Saints: Wulfstan II of York;

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