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Battle of Worcester

The south-eastern one through Sidbury Gate was led by Charles II and attacked Red Hill.

Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Amongst the many well-known figures who worked for the Customs in China were Willard Straight, botanist Augustine Henry; Johan Wilhelm Normann Munthe, Norwegian; G.R.G. Worcester (1890-1969), River Inspector from 1914 to 1948, and author of seven published books on the Yangzi River; novelist and journalists Bertram Lenox Simpson (known as Putnam Weale) and J.O.P. Bland; and historian H.B. Morse.

Chris Whelan

Whelan then returned to first-team action, and in June returned his best List A figures of 4–78 against the New Zealanders at Worcester.

D. G. E. Hall

In early 1919, Hall obtained a position as senior history master at Royal Grammar School, Worcester.

Derek Pearson

Pearson made his first-class debut for Worcestershire at Worcester against Cambridge University in June 1954, taking four wickets; his first victim was Colin Smith.

Gerald Seeley

Gerald Henry Seeley (9 May 1903—23 July 1941) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire at Worcester in 1921.

Lisbee Stainton

Her parents, being from Pontrilas in Herefordshire, led her to receiving her first airplay on BBC Hereford & Worcester including a BBC Introducing session at the Courtyard in Hereford.

Maneer Mirza

After a number of second-team appearances the previous year, Mirza made his first-class debut in Worcestershire's drawn game against Pakistan A at New Road in July 1997.

Peter Connell

Playing at New Road, Worcester, Ireland received a standing ovation as they walked off the pitch.

Rachael Haynes

Haynes then made her Test debut in the one-off match at New Road, Worcester.

Red Hill, Worcester

He burnt Worcester and expelled William de Beauchamp, but the castle against which he raised two forts at Red Hill near Digly and Henwicks Hill resisted his attacks.

Samuel T. Worcester

Worcester was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sherman and served from July 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.

St Johns, Worcester

Although in recent years success on the pitch has been limited the club has a rich history and has been home to many great crickets such as Graham Hick, Basil D'Oliveira, Ian Botham, Kadeer Ali and Glenn McGrath.

St Swithun's Church, Worcester

The earliest documentary evidence of the church is in 1126 when Eudo, Dean of Worcester, gave permission for the nearby Benedictine priory to build a church on his land.

The Hive, Worcester

A large paved forecourt leads to The Hive's main public entrance, a naturally-lit central atrium paved with stone from the Forest of Dean, with The Hub, a café and a spacious Children's Library all set around a staircase finished in Ash wood.

Zac Purchase

Purchase married long term partner Felicity Purchase-Hill (née Hill), also a former pupil and rower at the King's School, Worcester, shortly after the 2012 Summer Olympics at St Paul's Cathedral in London.


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