New Pond at Charterhouse
coventrysociety BBC Coventry and Warwickshire has reported that a new pond has been created within the Charterhouse Heritage Park. A stretch of the River Sherbourne running through Charterhouse Heritage Park in…
Heritage and History
New Operator Sought for Priory Visitor Centre
The Council has invited “Expressions of Interest” for the operational management of the Priory Visitor Centre and Undercroft. The Council is inviting businesses, community groups and organisations to take on…
Stop Notice Appealed
In January we reported the unauthorised demolition of two shop units in the recently declared Earlsdon Conservation Area. In February we reported that the council took the unusual step of…
Harry Ferguson 1884-1960
Coventry Society member Peter James tells us the interesting history of Harry Ferguson. Peter writes….. Henry George Ferguson (always known as Harry) was born on 4th November 1884 at Growell…
British Shopping Centres Revisited
British Town Centres: New Trends in Layout and Distribution. Leonard Hill (Books) Ltd. 1959 British Town Centres was a book published in 1959 by Wilfred Burns, who learned his trade…
New Sails for Landmark Windmill
Work was completed last week on the replacement of the sails at Chesterton windmill in Warwickshire. The tower, which can be seen from the M40 motorway near Warwick Services, has…
Recording our History
With the former Rover Showroom in Warwick Road on the cusp of demolition, an interesting little bit of its history has been revealed from an archive at an American University.…
Elastic – the new Silk
Coventry Society member, Peter James, tells us what happened after the failure of the silk weaving industry and celebrates the only Elastic Inn in the country! Peter writes…… The signing…
Future of Demolished Earlsdon Street Premises Still Uncertain
The City Council has reported that a full Stop Notice has now been served to prevent further unauthorised works at Ethe former Natwest Bank in Earlsdon Street. But the future…
Corporation Housing 1890 – 1919
Coventry Society Committee member, Tim Brown, gave us an interesting presentation on the history of corporation housing on 12th February 2025. In a talk entitled “Two Steps Forward and One…