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The Westgate area of Gloucester is centred on Westgate Street, one of the four main streets of Gloucester and one of the oldest parts of the city. The population of the Westgate ward in Gloucester was 6687 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gloucester Ward population 2011 )〕 ==Notable buildings== St. Nicholas' Church, a redundant Anglican church and Grade I listed building is situated at the far end of Westgate Street with Gloucester Folk Museum almost opposite. Gloucester Cathedral is not far away and the main entrance to the Cathedral precincts is via College Green from Westgate Street. Next to St. Nicholas' Church is ''The Dick Whittington'' pub in St. Nicholas House, a 15th-century town house once owned by the Whittington family of the ''Tale of Dick Whittington and his Cat'' fame. The house was restored by Gloucester Civic Trust and Gloucester Historic Buildings Ltd in the 1980s.〔(Dick Whittington pub. ) Gloucester Civic Trust 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.〕 Just outside the western entrance to the Cathedral precincts is St. Mary de Lode Church in Archdeacon Street, reputed to be built on the site of the first Christian church in Britain and next to it, the monument to Bishop John Hooper, burnt at the stake there in 1555. Just off Westgate street is the ''House of the Tailor of Gloucester'', used by Beatrix Potter as the setting for the story of the same name. The original part of Gloucester Shire Hall, opened 1816 and designed by Sir Robert Smirke, fronts Westgate Street.〔Jurica, John. ''Gloucester A Pictorial History''. Chichester: Phillimore, 1994, caption 89. ISBN 0-85033-836-0〕 On the north side of Westgate Street is the former site of the Theatre Royal where Charles Dickens, Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry once played. The site is now a Poundstretcher discount store.〔"Amazing Theatre Royal is now a pound store" by Kevin George in The Citizen, 10 December 2011, p. 16.〕 Pubs include: *''The Lower George Inn'' 121 Westgate Street. (Used to be The Pig Inn)〔(Pig Inn the City reopens as The Lower George Inn in Gloucester ) Gloucester Citizen, 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.〕 *''The Fountain Inn'' 53 Westgate Street. *''The Dick Whittington'' 100 Westgate Street. *''Molly's Bar'' 43/45 Westgate Street. (Used to be called The Union)〔(Two Gloucester city centre pubs reopen ) Gloucester Citizen, 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.〕 *''The Golden Fleece'' (closed) *''The Old Crown'' 81-83 Westgate Street. *''The Lamprey'' 56 Westgate Street. *''The Theatre Vaults'' 152, then 30 Westgate Street. (closed) 〔(Theatre Vaults. ) deadpubs.co.uk, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westgate, Gloucester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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