Gloucester Folk Museum
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Gloucester Folk Museum is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the City of Gloucester
, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street
, is devoted to the social history
of Gloucestershire
.
Bishop Hooper
is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church
in 1555.
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street
Westgate, Gloucester
The Westgate area of Gloucester is centred on Westgate Street, one of the four main streets of Gloucester and one of the oldest parts of the city.-Notable buildings:...
, is devoted to the social history
Social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a branch of History that includes history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments...
of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
.
Bishop Hooper
John Hooper
John Hooper, Johan Hoper, was an English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. A Protestant Reformer, he was killed during the Marian Persecutions.-Biography:...
is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church
St Mary de Lode Church
St Mary de Lode Church, Archdeacon Street, Gloucester GL1 2QT, is a Church of England church immediately outside the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral, which is believed to be on the site of the first Christian church in Britain. The church is in the Diocese of Gloucester and Grade I listed by...
in 1555.
Exhibits
Exhibits include:- Local crafts
- Items relating to the River SevernRiver SevernThe River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
fisheries - Historic costumes
- A reconstructed Victorian classroom
- A reconstruction of the pin factory that once operated on the premises
- Displays relating to domestic life over the last 500 years
Selected publications
- Taylor. Guide to the Collection of Bygone Agricultural Instruments. 1950.
- Gloucester Folk Museum: A Guide to the Collections. 1963. (New edition, Chris Morris, 1986.)
- Morris, Christopher I. Dairy Farming in Gloucestershire. 1983.