A Plaque for Larkin
coventrysociety The poet Philip Larkin has finally been honoured with a commemorative plaque on the house in Coventry where he was born, just over one hundred years ago. The plaque, commissioned…
Heritage and History
Only Equalled by Kensington Palace
CovSoc member, and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, tells us the fascinating story of 11 Priory Row. Martin writes…. Last week I attended a Cathedral committee…
The Stevens Family
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the story of the famous Coventry family who turned from silk weaving to housing developers. Thomas Stevens was born in Foleshill in 1828 and…
What links R2D2 to a Coventry Electric cab company?
CovSoc founder member and former Chair, Paul Maddocks, has written the following article for the Historic Coventry website and we re-print it here with their kind permission. A good fiend…
The Future of Coventry’s Past – 2
More than 80 representatives and supporters of heritage groups in the city ensured a lively audience for the Coventry Society’s heritage conference in the stunning setting of Drapers Hall on…
Walking Backwards No 20. Cox Street to Gosford Green
Today we have the final episode of Peter Walter’s series of lockdown walks “being a compendium of idle facts, hidden places and meaningless historiana gathered on walks within easy striding…
Christ Church
This month the Coventry Society visited Christ Church in Frankpledge Road, Cheylesmore, courtesy of Reverend Arthur Woo. The original Christ Church was built in 1832 on the site of the…
Walking Backwards No. 19 From Bird Street to Red Lane
Today we have the penultimate episode of Peter Walter’s series of lockdown walks “being a compendium of idle facts, hidden places and meaningless historiana gathered on walks within easy striding…
Second Attempt to List The Elephant
The Architects Journal has reported that heritage campaign group, the Twentieth Century Society, has launched a nationwide campaign to get ten ‘wildly inventive and underappreciated’ leisure centres listed. Included in…
Closing Time by Chris Arnot
Following an interesting talk to the Coventry Society by Chris Arnot on 10th October, our Chair, Peter Walters, has written the following review of Chris’s book for the benefit of…