These
all-round pictures show the archaeological dig going on at the Commandery
in Worcester. They may take a few moments to download, but it's well
worth the wait
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FACTS
Tradition
has it that the building was founded as a hospital around
1085 by Saint Wulfstan, then Bishop of Worcester
The
hospital was among the last monastic institutions to be dissolved
by Henry VIII in 1540
The
building survived the Battle of Worcester in 1651, when the
area was in the thick of the fighting
It
has since had many uses including a private home, a college
for the blind and a printing works
