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Plotting the Past, Planning
the Future - Inheriting the Landscape
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The physical form of the present-day city centre owes much to the way Worcester was developed between about 900 and 1200 AD, when most of the streets we know today, and the overall shape of the city, were created. But one of the most interesting stories to come out of archaeological excavations in the city since the 1960’s has been that some remains of the earlier Roman settlement survived and influenced the Saxon and medieval city, and so - very subtly - live on in the modern townscape. There is much that remains obscure, but the bare bones of the story, as currently understood, are as follows.. |
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| Worcester's
phases of growth. The green shading in the centre marks the limit of the medieval city - the rest represents development since 1800. |
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Very little is known of this period other than that around 690 the cathedral was founded within the old earthwork enclosure. St Helen's church may have been there already, just within the north gate, and the churches of St Alban and St Margaret were founded not long after. Whether or not the Church was now the sole occupant of the enclosure is not known; there could, for instance, have been a royal palace close by. What was happening outside, in the area to the north, is just as obscure, but there may have been trading activity along the waterfront. A coin of c.800 AD is virtually the only relic of activity here before the Saxon borough was founded |
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Introduction |
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Aerial Views of Worcester |
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The Worcester 1250 Model |
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Making the Model |
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Life in 13th Century Worcester |
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Inheriting the Landscape |
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