An edition of Gloucestershire Good and great men of Gloucestershire: A series of biographical sketches with a brief history of the county.
(1867)
Gloucestershire Good and great men of Gloucestershire
A series of biographical sketches with a brief history of the county.
by Joseph Stratford
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A series of biographical sketches with a brief history of the county (of Gloucestershire), a book based on lectures pertaining to worthies of Gloucester County, Gloucester, England by Joseph Stratford of Chesterton, Cirencester published in 1867.
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Gloucestershire Good and great men of Gloucestershire: A series of biographical sketches with a brief history of the county.
1867, C.H. Savory, Morgan and Chase
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"Gloucestershire derives its name from that of its chief city, Gloucester; which is formed from "Glaw", a British word signifying fair; and "castra", a Latin word for a fortified place: "shire" in the Saxon language signifies a part severed or separated from the rest."
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This book was published by sale of subscriptions, to which a list of subscribers is appended.
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