The Archaeology of Worcester in 20 Digs

Worcester is one of England’s great historic cities, with a history of occupation that goes back to the Iron Age. It was a Roman ironworking and industrial centre, though some houses had mosaics and other architectural evidence. From 680 Worcester was the ecclesiastical center of the Hwicce and later a defended Mercian burh. The medieval city had many parish churches and monasteries, a castle and city walls, and a stone bridge across the Severn. Refortified in the Civil War and the first an...