The list below, which is intended as a starting point not an end in itself, comprises a mixture of general histories and archaeological reports. If unavailable in your local library, or from the County Record Office, these titles and many more can be found in the Worcestershire Archaeology Society Library, which is housed at The Commandery, Sidbury, Worcester. The library is staffed on a part-time basis by members of the Worcester Archaeological Society and is available for consultation by prior appointment (telephone 01905 361823). Additional help and information can aslo be obtained from the City Museum's Heritage Information Officer (01905 361825) and Archaeological Officer (01905 361824).

Some suggested reading.......

Allely, L., and Phillips, C., St Clements, Worcester (1969)

Allies, J., Antiquities of Worcestershire, 2nd Edn., London (1856)

Atkin, M., ‘Where England’s Sorrows Began’: the Civil War in Worcestershire, Alan Sutton’s (1995) ISBN 0 7509 1050

Baker, N., ‘The urban churches of Worcester’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Baker, N. J., Dalwood, H., Holt, R., Mundy, C. F., and Taylor, G., 1992 ‘From Roman to medieval Worcester: development and planning in the Anglo-Saxon city’, Antiquity, vol.66 (1992)

Barker, P. A. (ed.), The origins of Worcester, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 2 (1970) No ISBN issued.

Barker, P. A., A short architectural history of Worcester Cathedral, Worcester Cathedral Publications, No. 2 (1994) ISBN 0 9516274 22

Barker, P. A., Cubberley, A. L., Crowfoot, E., and Radford, C. A. R., ‘Two burials under the refectory at Worcester Cathedral’, Medieval Archaeology, vol. 18 (1974)

Bassett, S., ‘Churches in Worcester before and after the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons’, Antiquaries Journal, vol.69, part 2 (1989)

Beardsmore, C., ‘Documentary evidence for the history of Worcester City defences’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Bridges, T., Mundy C., Worcester, A Pictorial History (1996) ISBN 0-85033-990-1

Burnham, B. C., and Wacher, J., The small towns of Roman Britain, London: Batsford (1990)

Carver, M. O. H., ‘The site and settlements at Worcester’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Carver, M. O. H., ‘The excavation of three medieval craftsmen’s tenements in Sidbury Worcester, 1976’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Dalwood, C. H., ‘Salvage recording of a medieval stone undercroft and cellars at 84-85 High Street, Worcester’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.13 (1992)

Dalwood, C. H., Buteux, V. A., and Jackson, R. A., ‘Interim report on excavations at Deansway, Worcester 1988-89’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.13 (1992) ISSN 0143 2389

Dalwood, C. H., Buteux, V. A., and Darlington, J., ‘Excavations at Farrier Street and other sites in the Forgate suburb, Worcester, 1989-90’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.14 (1994) ISSN 0143 2389

Darlington, J., and Evans, J., ‘Roman Sidbury, Worcester: Excavations 1959-1989’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.13 (1992) ISSN 0143 2389

Dowty, M., Worcester, wish you were still here (1993) ISBN 1 898097 01 1

Dinn, J., ' Archaeology in the City of Worcester 1997-99', Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.17 (2000) ISSN 0143 2389

Dowty, W., and Dowty, M., Worcester in old photographs (1986) ISBN 0 86299 295 8

Frost, H., and Cook, W., Royal Worcester Porcelain and the Dyson Perrins Collection (1993)

Green, V., The history and antiquities of the City and suburbs of Worcester, London (1796)

Guy, C., ‘Excavations at Worcester Cathedral 1981-1991’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.14 (1994) ISSN 0143 2389

Goodrich, M., 'The White Ladies of Worcester: their place in contemporary medieval life', Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.14 (1994) ISSN 0143 2389

Gwilliam, H. W., Old Worcester: People and Places (1993) ISBN 095 13525 9 8

Hallett, M., Worcester Cathedral: A Grand View (1987)

Haynes, C., and Haynes, M., Old Worcester as seen through the Camera (1986) ISBN 086 023 249 2

Haynes, C., Haynes, M., and Allam, B., Yesterday’s town, Worcester (1978) ISBN 0 86023 0708

Hillaby, J., ‘The Worcester jewry 1158-1290: porrtrait of a lost community’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.12 (1990) ISSN 0143 2389

Hillaby, J.,'St Oswald, the revival of monasticism and the veneration of the saints in the late Anglo-Saxon and Norman diocese of Worcester', Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.16 (1998) ISSN 0143 2389

Hughes, P., ‘Houses and Property in Post-Reformation Worcester’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Hughes, P., and Molyneux, N., Friar Street (1984) Hughes, P., (ed.), Blackfriars (1986) Jones, R., Porcelain in Worcester 1751-1951, an Illustrated Social History (1993)

Knowles, J. M., ‘College Green in the 19th century’, Barker, P., and Guy, C. (ed), Worcester Cathedral: Report of the Second Annual Symposium on the Precinct, (1992)

Latta, C. (et al), The Commandery (1981) Lubin, H., The Worcester Pilgrim, Worcester Cathedral Publications, No.1 (1990) ISBN 0 9516274 06

Molyneux, N., ‘A late medieval stone building in Angel Street’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol. 7 (1980) ISSN 0143 2389

Molyneux, N. A. D., ‘The Edgar Tower, Worcester’, Barker, P., and Guy, C. (ed), Worcester Cathedral: Report of the Second Annual Symposium on the Precinct (1992)

Morriss, K., and Brown, D., 'Warndon church, near Worcester', Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.17 (2000) ISSN 0143 2389

Mundy, C. F., ‘Excavations at Blackfriars, Worcester’, West Midlands Archaeology, vol. 29 (1986)

Noake, J., The Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester (1886)

Owen, B. R., Worcester in old postcards (1992) ISBN 90 288 54029 Pevsner, N., The Buildings of England: Worcestershire (1968) ISBN 014 0710353

Roslington, C. (ed), The King’s School, Worcester and a history of the site (1994) Stafford, T., Worcester as it was (1977)

Whitehead, D., ‘John Gwynn R. A. and the Building of Worcester Bridge 1769-86’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.8 (1972)

Whitehead, D., The Book of Worcester (1976) ISBN 0 86023 021

Whitehead, D., ‘The Georgian churches of Worcester’, Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, 3rd series, vol.13 (1992) ISSN 0143 2389

Whitehead, D., Urban Renewal and Suburban Growth: The Shaping of Georgian Worcester (1989)