Editing Worcester, England (section)

==In popular culture==
===''Mildred Arkell''===
The depression that hit the Worcester glove industry in the 1820s and 1830s is the background to a three-volume novel, ''Mildred Arkell'', by the Victorian novelist [[Ellen Wood (author)|Ellen Wood]] (then Mrs Henry Wood).{{sfn|MacDonald|1969|p=138}}

===''Cadfael Chronicles''===
The well-researched historical novel ''[[The Virgin in the Ice]]'', part of [[Ellis Peters]]' ''[[The Cadfael Chronicles]]'' series, depicts Worcester at the time of the Anarchy. It begins with the words:
<blockquote>"It was early in November of 1139 that the tide of civil war, lately so sluggish and inactive, rose suddenly to wash over the city of Worcester, wash away half of its livestock, property and women and send all those of its inhabitants who could get away in time scurrying for their lives northwards away from the marauders." (These are mentioned as arriving from [[Gloucester]], leaving a long lasting legacy of bitterness between the two cities.)</blockquote>