Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and colony in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis.
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Gloucester became a Colonia in 97 as Colonia Nervia Glevensium, or Glevum, in the reign of Nerva.
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In 1051 Edward the Confessor held court at Gloucester and was threatened there by an army led by Godwin, Earl of Wessex, but the incident resulted in a standoff rather than a battle.
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Gloucester was the site of the execution by burning of John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, in the time of Queen Mary in 1555.
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The siege of Gloucester in 1643 was a battle of the English Civil War in which the besieged parliamentarians emerged victorious.
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In 2009, Gloucester Day was revived as an annual day of celebration of Gloucester's history and culture.
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Gloucester was an ancient borough, being treated as a borough from Saxon times and being granted its first borough charter by Henry II in 1155.
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On 1 April 1974, the modern district of Gloucester was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the same area as the abolished County Borough of Gloucester.
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Quedgeley retains its own parish council, unlike the rest of Gloucester, which is an unparished area.
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Gloucester is made up of a variety of neighbourhoods, some of which correspond to electoral divisions of the City Council.
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Gloucester hosted the festival in 2019, and it is next due in the city in 2023.
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Since 2013 Gloucester has marked Armed Forces Day with a Drum Head Service held on College Green in the shadow of the cathedral.
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Gloucester has many churches, and historically has had many dissenting chapels.
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Gloucester was the host of the first Sunday school in England; this was founded by Robert Raikes in 1780.
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Gloucester was the site of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company railway works, which have now closed.
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Gloucester Business Park is a business park on the outskirts on the city and is home to a number of big brands including Fortis and BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
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Gloucester FM is a community radio station specialising in black and urban music.
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Gloucester was twinned with Gouda in the Netherlands, however this twinning ended in 2015.
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