These all-round pictures show the archaeological dig going on at the Commandery in Worcester. They may take a few moments to download, but it's well worth the wait
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FACTS
Tradition has it that the building was founded as a hospital around 1085 by Saint Wulfstan, then Bishop of Worcester
The hospital was among the last monastic institutions to be dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540
The building survived the Battle of Worcester in 1651, when the area was in the thick of the fighting
It has since had many uses including a private home, a college for the blind and a printing works
