• 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.

We're helping out with a special project to unearth memories about The Commandery. If you have any the please email us at worcester@bbc.co.uk

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