Worcester was a contested city in the early Anarchy. In 1139 imperialist forces raided and partially burned the city. The castle held for Stephen. The city's location in the marches made it perpetually vulnerable. The burning of Worcester demonstrated the devastation wrought on towns caught between the two sides in the civil war.
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