Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

The hymn was translated into other languages as well: while on the Trail of Tears, the Cherokee sang Christian hymns as a way of coping with the ongoing tragedy, and a version of the song by Samuel Worcester that had been translated into the Cherokee language became very popular.

Ealdred ( or Aldred ; died 11 September 1069 ) was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England.

In 1046 he was named to the Bishopric of Worcester.

In 1060, Ealdred was elected to the archbishopric of York, but had difficulty in obtaining papal approval for his appointment, only managing to do so when he promised not to hold the bishoprics of York and Worcester simultaneously.

Ealdred was probably born in the west of England, and could be related to Lyfing, his predecessor as bishop of Worcester.

Ealdred was made bishop of Worcester in 1046, a position he held until his resignation in 1062.

According to the medieval chronicler John of Worcester, Ealdred was given the see of Ramsbury to administer while Herman remained outside England.

How the diocese of Worcester was administered when Ealdred was abroad is unclear, although it appears that Wulfstan, the prior of the cathedral chapter, performed the religious duties in the diocese.

Although a bishop was promptly appointed to Hereford, none was named to Worcester, and it appears that Ealdred intended to retain Worcester along with York, which several of his predecessors had done.

Another reason was that York was not a wealthy see, and Worcester was.

" On his arrival in Rome, however, charges of simony, or the buying of ecclesiastical office, and lack of learning were brought against him, and his elevation to York was refused by Pope Nicholas II, who also deposed him from Worcester.

The story of Ealdred being deposed comes from the Vita Edwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor, but the Vita Wulfstani, an account of the life of Ealdred's successor at Worcester, Wulfstan, says that Nicholas refused the pallium until a promise to find a replacement for Worcester was given by Ealdred.

Yet another chronicler, John of Worcester, mentions nothing of any trouble in Rome, and when discussing the appointment of Wulfstan, says that Wulfstan was elected freely and unanimously by the clergy and people.

Ealdred was succeeded by Wulfstan, chosen by Ealdred, but John of Worcester relates that Ealdred had a hard time deciding between Wulfstan and Æthelwig.

Normally, Wulfstan would have gone to the archbishop of Canterbury, as the see of Worcester was within Canterbury's province.

Although Ealdred gave up the bishopric, the appointment of Wulfstan was one that allowed Ealdred to continue his considerable influence on the see of Worcester.

Even after the Norman Conquest, Ealdred still controlled some events in Worcester, and it was Ealdred, not Wulfstan, who opposed Urse d ' Abetot's attempt to extend the castle of Worcester into the cathedral after the Norman Conquest.

Given that John of Worcester wrote his chronicle after the eruption of the Canterbury – York supremacy struggle, the story of Ealdred renouncing any claims to Worcester needs to be considered suspect.

Worcester v. Georgia is considered one of the most important dicta in law dealing with Native Americans.

Worcester and its environs are now considered part of the Boston metropolitan area ; as recently as twenty years ago, when the towns were more reliant on Worcester than Boston, they constituted the Worcester MSA.

The village of Greenville is now considered part of Rochdale, as it falls within the 01542 ZIP code ; the former villages of Mannville and Lakeside were destroyed to construct the Kettle Brook reservoir system, in northeastern Leicester, to supply water to Worcester.

At that time West Brookfield had a population greater than Worcester and was being considered for the county seat.

As a result of the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, Indian tribes are considered " domestic dependent nations " that operate as sovereign governments subject to federal authority but, generally and where possible, outside of the influence of state governments.

The latter was considered by Worcester " a monster " and had cost £ 2666 13s.

By 1900 the river was already considered polluted and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a report, " The Department finds that the condition of the Blackstone River is offensive throughout its course, from Worcester to the state line at Blackstone.

In the club's Southern League era Worcester City were considered their fiercest rivals.

Worcester County is considered to be either western or central Massachusetts ( light green ).

Bregowine was later considered a saint, with a feast day of 26 August, although Florence of Worcester, a 12th-century writer, recorded his death date as 24 August.

If his ceramic work from the 1860s onwards ( for firms such as Mintons, Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, Watcombe, Linthorpe, Old Hall at Hanley and Ault ) is considered, he must be amongst the most influential ceramic designers of any period.

* Polar Beverages of Worcester, Ma produces its own brand of cola under the Polar name.

The Blackstone River and its tributaries, which cover more than from Worcester to Providence, was the birthplace of America's Industrial Revolution.

Worcester County was primarily an agricultural area from its inception, first planting tobacco, but when the quality produced in the area's sandy soil could not compete with that produced elsewhere, growing wheat, corn, and livestock.

U. S. Route 113 is the main north – south artery of Worcester County, and is well-known locally for its dangerous two-lane sections which are currently being addressed.

Due to its location in central Massachusetts, amidst Massachusetts ' major metropolitan regions, Worcester is known as the " Heart of the Commonwealth ," thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city.

Worcester counts within its borders over of publicly owned property.

The monastery was active again by the 1020s, as its abbot Brihtheah was promoted bishop of Worcester in 1033.

In 1872 the Worcester County election district which took its name from Sandy Hill was renamed Stockton.

New Salem lies at the southeastern corner of Franklin Valley, with its lands extending southward between Hampshire County and Worcester County.

From its town center, Hardwick lies west-northwest of Worcester, northeast of Springfield, and west of Boston.

Petersham, by virtue of its territory in the Quabbin, is the westernmost town in Worcester County, bordering Franklin County to the west and a small portion of Hampshire County to the south.

Worcester County exists today only as a historical area, with an elected County Sheriff, an elected county registrar of deeds, and a correctional and court system, which are now administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its Office of Public Safety.

A second, larger-scale protest took place in the central Massachusetts town of Uxbridge, in Worcester County, on Feb. 3, 1783, when a mob seized property that had been confiscated by a local constable and returned it to its owners.

Worcester College is known for its sporting prowess, especially in football and cricket, and is one of the only colleges to have its sporting grounds onsite ( football, rugby, tennis, basketball and cricket ).

Earlier generations of scholars took this to mean that Florence was the principal author of the chronicle for the entries before 1118, an assumption which led to its being commonly referred to as the ' Chronicle of Florence ( of Worcester )'.

The American Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812, with its headquarters at Worcester, Massachusetts.

The arrival of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway at Stratford sealed its fate, and when the company failed to sell the navigation to local landowners for £ 150, they effectively abandoned it in 1857.

He established through his personal exertions the state lunatic asylum at Worcester, and in 1833 was chairman of its board of trustees.

The ceremony, known as the pedilavium, was performed daily in some monasteries ; in 992, Bishop Oswald of Worcester died during its performance.

The wyvern ( and its ' cousin ' the four-legged dragon ) is a frequent heraldic device on British coats of arms and flags, and a fairly popular commercial logo or mascot as well, especially in Wales and what was once the West Country Kingdom of Wessex, but also farther afield in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, as the rivers Wye and Severn run through Hereford and Worcester respectively.