Worcestershire
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Country | United Kingdom | ||
Part of the country | England | ||
region | West Midlands | ||
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status | Ceremonial and Administrative County | ||
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Administrative authority | Worcestershire County Council | ||
Administrative headquarters | Worcester | ||
ISO-3166-2 | GB-WOR | ||
surface | 1,741 km² | ||
Residents | 592.057 | ||
was standing | June 30, 2018 | ||
ONS code | 47 | ||
GSS code | E10000034 | ||
NUTS code | UKG12 | ||
Website | www.worcestershire.gov.uk | ||
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Worcestershire [ wʊstəʃə ] is a county ( County ) in the region West Midlands in England .
Worcestershire is bordered by Herefordshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire , West Midlands , Warwickshire and Gloucestershire counties .
To the west, the county is bordered by the Malvern Hills . There is the former seaside resort of Malvern (where the Morgan sports cars are manufactured). The western part of the Hills is part of Herefordshire .
The southern part of the county is bounded by Gloucestershire County and the northern edge of the Cotswolds . Finally to the east lies Warwickshire . The county's largest rivers are the Severn and Avon .
Although there are a few other larger cities in the county, such as Kidderminster and Bromsgrove , in addition to the city of Worcester , the landscape is still largely agricultural. In addition to fruit growing, hops are grown here , but their cultivation has declined since the Second World War .
The coat of arms of the city of Worcester shows three black pear- shaped fruits, which are is a rare pear variety in the region: the Worcester Black Pear .
The area is also known for its porcelain production and the famous Worcestershire sauce .
history
The area of what is now Worcestershire has been populated since the Paleolithic . Several hill forts survive from the Iron Age . During the Roman conquest of Britain from 43 AD, the area was conquered relatively quickly, probably around the year 48. The conquest by the Anglo-Saxons probably took place at the turn of the 6th to the 7th century. During the Heptarchy , Worcestershire was part of the Kingdom of Hwicce , later to Mercia . The important Diocese of Worcester ( Episcopus Hwicciorum at the time ) was founded around 679 and played a leading role even after the Norman conquest of England . In the further Middle Ages, sheep farming became one of the most important branches of the economy.
Worcestershire was best known for the Battle of Evesham , in which Simon V de Montfort died on August 4, 1265 , and later in the English Civil War for the Battle of Worcester (1651). Salt has been mined in the northern town of Droitwich Spa , through which one of the main Roman roads ran, since Roman times . The county has the oldest continuously published newspaper in the world, Berrow's Journal (since 1690).
Worcestershire was connected to Herefordshire to form Hereford and Worcester from 1974 to 1998 . However, the county's areas of 1998 no longer correspond to those from before 1974.
Cities and towns
- Abberley
- Barnt Green , Bewdley , Broadway , Bromsgrove
- Droitwich Spa
- Evesham
- Great Malvern
- Hartlebury , Hollywood
- Kidderminster , Kington
- Lindridge , Little Malvern
- Malvern Link , Malvern Wells
- Naunton Beauchamp , North Malvern
- Pershore
- Redditch
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Tibberton
- Upton Snodsbury , Upton-upon-Severn
- Wadborough , Wildmoor , Worcester , Wychbold
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ N , 2 ° 10 ′ W