Gloucester has roots dating back to the Roman Empire, when Gloucester was a fort city for Roman Britains. Although the city switched rulers often during the Saxon invasions, it became a stable city and county after the Norman Invasion in 1016. While the county profited from clothing and mining industries, it later diversified its economy with wagon-making and piano-making businesses.

Oxford University Press. A Dictionary of British History. Edited by John Cannon and Robert Crowcroft, Third edition., Third ed., Oxford University Press, 2015. INSERT-MISSING-DATABASE-NAME, INSERT-MISSING-URL. Accessed 18 Nov. 2020.

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