Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAE. Alfred of Beverley mentions Gloucester by its British name ofCaer Glow, as being one of the twenty-eight cities built by theoriginal inhabitants of our island, before the invasion of theRomans, who called it Glevum and Claudiocestria. By theSaxons it was called Gleawcestre and Glowecester. According tothe Memorial of Gloucester, a bishop and some assistant minis-ters planted the Christian faith in this city, as early as the year ofour Lord 189, at the desire of King Luci
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAE. Alfred of Beverley mentions Gloucester by its British name ofCaer Glow, as being one of the twenty-eight cities built by theoriginal inhabitants of our island, before the invasion of theRomans, who called it Glevum and Claudiocestria. By theSaxons it was called Gleawcestre and Glowecester. According tothe Memorial of Gloucester, a bishop and some assistant minis-ters planted the Christian faith in this city, as early as the year ofour Lord 189, at the desire of King Lucius, who, tradition says,was buried here. It must be confessed, however, that this accountof the early origin of the city and see of Gloucester is not basedupon any undoubted records. Its very name proves it to have been a Roman station ; and thetesselated pavement, 30 feet by 20, discovered six and twentyyears ago in Eastgate Street, proves that the modern city ofGloucester occupies in part, at least, the same site as the ancientGlevum of the Romans. Its situation on so magnificent a river asthe S
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