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  1. Cathedral city with industries (gloves,
  2. shoes, Worcester sauce; Royal Worcester
  3. porcelain from 1751) in Hereford and
  4. Worcester, W central England, administrative
  5. headquarters of the county, on the river
  6. Severn; population (1985) 76,000. The
  7. cathedral dates from the 13th and 14th
  8. centuries. The birthplace of the composer
  9. Elgar at nearby Broadheath is a museum. At
  10. the Battle of Worcester 1651 Cromwell
  11. defeated Charles I.
  12.