Short answers, pulled from the story.
Roman soldiers established a military fort at Glevum on an important crossing of the River Severn in the year 48. This location sat near the Fosse Way, which served as the early front line after the Roman invasion of Britain.
A Jewish community existed in Gloucester as early as 1158 and 1159 before Eleanor of Provence expelled all Jews from her dower lands in January 1275. These accusations failed but recycled around the Edict of Expulsion, forcing the town's Jews to move to Bristol and later Hereford.
The Gloster Aircraft Company changed its name from the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company in 1926 and developed the Gloster E.28/39. Frank Whittle's pioneering turbojet engine powered this historic plane which became the first British jet aircraft and first flew at the company's airfield at Brockworth.
White British residents dropped from 90.1% in 1991 to 78.0% in 2011 and remained at 78.0% in 2021 while Non-White populations grew from 5.3% in 1981 to 15.1% in 2021. The 2021 census recorded the Gloucester Urban Area population as 169,061 absorbing areas like Brockworth and Churchdown.
On the 1st of April 1974, the modern district of Gloucester formed under the Local Government Act 1972 covering the same area as the abolished County Borough of Gloucester. Reforms made the city subordinate to Gloucestershire County Council ending independence held since 1483.