Gloucester has many interesting buildings - but the one I was most excited about visiting was the remains of St Oswald's Priory.
It was founded by Ethelfleda, the daughter of Alfred the Great. She married Ethelred, the King of Mercia - and when he died - she ruled as 'the Lady of the Mercians'. The BBC recently ran a series "King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons" presented by Michael Wood. It is currently unavailable on the BBC iPlayer - but the website remains at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038118n. The videos of this three part series (including "The Lady of the Mercians") can be purchased and downloaded via a link on that site.
The remains can be visited - they are in a park adjacent to Priory Road; St Mary's Street and Archdeacon Street.
Below is a photograph I took of the interpretation board.
