Gloucestershire 1000 Years

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Did You Know?

The word 'shire' means something which has been shorn off, or separated. The district of Gloucester was shorn off from the great territory of the Mercians, and became Gloucestershire.

Did You Know?

The nickname 'Unready' is derived from the word 'un-raed' which meant 'lack of council' or 'ill-advised'. It seems that 'King Ethelred the Unready' was either easily persuaded or made bad decisions, or both!

Did You Know?

Mercia was originally an Anglo-Saxon kingdom centred on the valley of the River Trent in what is now the Midlands. By 1007 it was a province of Saxon England.


Find Apartments App


New apple apps are being added daily to the apple app store, many are free to download and others cost from a few cents to a few dollars.

A recent addition to the app store is the apartment app. This application allows users to locate apartments to rent in any city on the planet.

I have used this myself during my recent visit to Amsterdam where I used it to locate Amsterdam apartments for my stay.

This app actually lists so many extra functions including Walkscore, so you know whats local to where you are staying.

Best places to eat, drink etc all in one little app. If your visiting Gloucestershire, the app works here also.

Just key in tour location and the app will search all the best places in Gloucestershire.

So you no longer need a PC, all your searching can be done locally, returning local businesses in the area you are standing in right now.

Gloucestershire County Council
Gloucestershire Media - at the heart of all things local
University of Gloucestershire at Cheltenham and Gloucester

2009 Gloucestershire 1000 Business Project.
Some images courtesy of Cheltenham Tourist Information Centre and Gloucester Tourist Information Centre.