Three Counties popular apple and pear derived alcoholic beverages, many of which are made in this area. The Three Choirs Festival is a festival of sacred choral music which has been held since 1724. It rotates between the three county towns (Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester). It often features music by local composer Edward Elgar. Three Counties The Three Counties of England are traditionally the three agrarian counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Including towns and cities such as Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Leominster, Stourbridge, Evesham, Malvern and Kidderminster, they extend from the southern boundaries of Birmingham in the north to Bristol in
Dominic of Evesham Knowles felt that the account of Abbot Æthelwig's death that is contained in the "Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham" was written by Dominic, not by the main author of the chronicle, Thomas of Marlborough. Another possible work was a "Vita Sancti Wistani" (or "Life of Saint Wistan"), about St Wistan, a Mercian saint whose relics rested at Evesham. The main manuscripts containing Dominic's works are Bodely MS Rawlinson A.287, Hereford Cathedral Chained Library MS P.7.vi, Balliol MS 240. The Dublin manuscript only has the first book, while the Hereford manuscript contains both books. The account of the death of Æthelwig along