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| Name: | Tower, St Peter the Great |
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| HER Reference: | WCM96131 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 851 543 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO85SE |
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| Parish: | Worcester (Non Civil Parish), Worcester City, Worcestershire |
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| Worcester, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- BASTION (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (between))
- BASTION (POST MEDIEVAL - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (between))
Full description
Mural tower or corner-tower, part of the medieval city defences WCM 96100.
Speed’s map of 1610 shows the city wall with the ditch outside heading south from Sidbury Gate (WCM 96101), to this corner tower behind St Peter’s church (WCM 96037), and from there north-west to the Frog Gate (WCM 96129) {1}. The same features are shown on the 1651 map editions {2}. The wall in this area does not appear at all on Doharty’s plan of 1741 {3}, but does appear on Broad’s map of 1768, as a conventionally rendered section of the city wall, though without any indication of the corner tower {4}. Though the wall line is apparent as a continuous straight property boundary on Young’s map of 1779, there is no sign of the tower. Possibly demolished post- Civil War (1651?) {5}.
Cross-reference to: 96130, city wall, line of, St Peter’s – Frog Gate
Cross-reference to: 96132, city wall, line of, Sidbury Gate – St Peter’s
Cross-reference to: 96133, city ditch, St Peter’s – Frog Gate
Cross-reference to: 96134, city ditch, Sidbury Gate – St Peter’s
Cross-reference to: 96038, St Peter’s church plot
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Cartographic materials: Saxton, C. Pub by John Speede, London. 1610. Worcestershire described. |
| <2*> | Cartographic materials: ?. 1651 Map of Worcester 'as it stood fortified...'.. |
| <3> | Cartographic materials: Doharty, J. 1741. A plan of the City of Worcester. |
| <4> | Cartographic materials: Broad, R. 1768. Plan of the City of Worcester. |
| <5> | Cartographic materials: Young, G. 1779. Plan of the City and Suburbs of Worcester. |
Related records
| WCM96100 | Part of: The medieval city defences (Monument) |
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