Worcester | city, interesting place, county town - UK/Ireland

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 city, interesting place, county town - UK/Ireland
Worcester is an historic city and the county town of Worcestershire. Situated on the River Severn, some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham, the city is best known for its twelfth-century Cathedral, Royal Worcester porcelain, and as home both to Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce and to the late composer Sir Edward Elgar. The city has an approximate population of 94,000 people (2010)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester
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Coordinates:   52°11'47"N   2°12'36"W

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  • its a nice old market town on the river severn home of worcestershire county cricket club and worcester rugby club
  • It's a cathedral city, county town once famous for Kays Mail Order, Royal Worcester Porcelain,recently departed, gloves and Worcester Cloth, long departed, and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, still with us. And new industries, new firms have filled the gaps of the old.
  • it is a nice place, far enough from the rat race, but close enough to reality!
  • After English King Charles I was beheaded (30 January 1649), his eldest son had come to an agreement with the Scots and in January 1651 had been crowned as Charles II of Scotland. Later that year, Charles II invaded England with a Scottish army, but was defeated by Cromwell (Parliamentarians) at Worcester. The young king just managed to avoid capture, and later escaped to France. His Scottish subjects were left in a sorry plight, and soon the Parliamentarians had conquered the whole of Scotland.