Above an engraving of the cathedral of unknown date (to me, probably early Georgian) showing the north side of the cathedral. To the right the nave and immediately off right the valley side of the River Severn. Moving left the crossing tower and north transept followed by the quire, sub-transept and east end of the chancel. The buildings today on the north side of the cathedral precinct were clearly not then in existance and the octagonal tower and spire are evidence of a building (of uncertain purpose to me) that no longer exists. On the north aisle of the nave can be seen the ornate north porch dated to 1386 (surviving), this only a decade after the crossing tower was completed, these two of the last features to be created at the cathedral (apart from later restorations).
Worcester is one of England’s oldest cathedral sites being one of only eight Anglo-Saxon cathedrals to have existed centuries before the Norman Conquest. The original cathedral was designated as such in the seventh century following the re-Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxon territories originating with the missionary work of Augustine in the late sixth century. The present building incorporates none of the fabric of the Anglo-Saxon church which may not have been on the same site.