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[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
The Gough Map of Great Britain
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Full record: Gloucester
| County | Gloucestershire |
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| Transcript | gloucest(er) |
| Icon description | spired church, castle, walls with three gates, stripy roofs |
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| Etymology | Romano-British Glēvum (probably Celtic *glavio-, 'bright'), adopted into Old English as Gleawe + ceaster, 'Roman settlement' |
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| Earlier editors | gloucestre (Parsons) |
| Early Maps | glocit(er) (Angliae Figura); Gloucestre (Totius Britanniae; castle, walls with one gate) |
| Overwritten | yes |
| Attested spelling | Gloucestr(e), -ia, -er (13th) BCS 535, 1022 (17th) KCD 1317, 1086-1337 Glouc (freq) |
