Editing Gloucester (section)

==Churches==
{{Main|List of churches in Gloucestershire}}

Gloucester has many churches, and historically has also had many dissenting chapels.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp319-334 |title=Gloucester: Protestant nonconformity {{!}} British History Online |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223143/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp319-334 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> It may have been the old proverb "as sure as God's in Gloucester" that provoked [[Oliver Cromwell]] to declare that the city had "more churches than godliness". Gloucester was the host of the first [[Sunday school]] in England; this was founded by [[Robert Raikes]] in 1780. Four of the churches that are of special interest are
* [[St Mary de Lode Church|St Mary de Lode]]&nbsp;– with a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] tower and [[chancel]], and a monument of Bishop [[John Hooper (bishop)|John Hooper]]. It was built on the site of an ancient [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] temple which became the first Christian church in Britain
* [[St Mary de Crypt Church|St Mary de Crypt]]&nbsp;– with a cruciform structure of the 12th century. It has later additions, such as the tower. Also the site of the Schoolroom in which the [[The Crypt School, Gloucester|Crypt School]] was formed
* [[St Michael's Tower, Gloucester|St Michael's Church]] – said to have been connected with St Peter's ancient abbey
* [[St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester|St Nicholas's Church]] – founded by the [[Normans]] but with many additions since then

In the neighbourhood around St Mary de Crypt there are slight remains of Greyfriars and [[Blackfriars, Gloucester|Blackfriars]] monasteries, and also of the city wall. Under the Golden Fleece (The Monks Bar) and Saracen's Head inns early vaulted cellars still remains. In addition, in the city is [[St Peter's Church, Gloucester|St Peter's Roman Catholic Church]], a Grade II* listed building.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-472317-roman-catholic-church-of-st-peter-glouce Roman Catholic Church of St Peter, Gloucester] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305190538/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-472317-roman-catholic-church-of-st-peter-glouce |date=5 March 2016 }} from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 3 January 2016</ref>

During the construction of the Boots store on the corner of Brunswick Road and Eastgate Street in 1974, Roman remains were found. These can be seen through a glass case on the street. At the back of the Gloucester Furniture Exhibition Centre part of the city's South Gate can be seen.