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1em  WORCESTER, an, and ary, the capital of the , and a  of itself, is situated on the eastern  of the , 120  from  by , and a little over 26 from.



The principal and chief glory of the  is the. The was founded by the advice of  in, though, owing to opposition on the part of the  of , it was not finally established till. In its formation the division was followed, and it contained the people of the. The ’s of Peter’s, with its secular, was absorbed by  into the  of Mary. The became, and in   finished the building of a new. After the the ly  of Worcester,, was the only   who was left in  of his. He so far adopted  as to undertake 