A General History of Worcester Author:John Chambers Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ill his Itinerary', gives us an account of Worcester, as it appeared more than 250 years since : -- " The towne of Worcester, called in Welch Caer Argo, ... more »standeth on the left ripe of Severnet upon a ground somewhat condescending from the river. It is reasonably well wodded, and well maintained. In the wall be six gates; the Bridge- gate on Severne, having a goodly square towre over it; a posterne-gate by St. Clem, church, hard by the north side of the bridge over Severne ; the Fore-gate, a fayre piece of worke, standing by north; Sudbury. gate, standing east in the way from Worcester to London; St. Martin's-gate; Trinity-gate, this is but a posterne. The castle stood hard on the south part of the Cathedrall church almost on Severne. It is now cleane downe, and half the base court, or area of it is now within the wall of the close of the Cathedrall church. The dungeon hill of the castle is a great thingev at this tyme overgrowen with brush wood. This castle fell to ruine soone after the conquest, and halfe the ground of it was given to the augmenting of the close of the priorye. There be divers fayre. streeles in the towne well builded with tymbre; but the fayrest and most celebrate street of the towne is from the Bishop's palace-gate to the Fore-gate, along by north. There be two places in Worcester where the markets be commonly kept; the one is a little. within. St. Martin's-gate, the other is. a little within Fore-gate. The Cathedrall church standeth in the south syde of the towne. There b« less