Work Starts on the Restoration of Stoney Road Gardens
coventrysociety The BBC has reported that work to restore a series of 19th Century summer houses in Coventry is set to get under way this month. The three buildings on Stoney…
Heritage and History
Plaque for Eileen Sheridan
The Coventry Society erected a plaque to commemorate cycling legend Eileen Sheridan on Monday 21st October 2024. The plaque was erected on a wall at Coventry Rugby Club on The…
The Herbert Brothers
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the fascinating story of one of Coventry’s best known industrial families. William Henry Herbert was born in Leicestershire in 1850. His father…
Unholy Trinity
Paul Maddocks, a founder member of the Coventry Society, reviews a recent play performed at St. Mary’s Guildhall. Paul writes….. Last week I had the pleasure of seeing the first…
What Will Survive of Us Is Love
Historian and CovSoc committee member, David Porter, reflects on a visit to Chichester Cathedral which has some interesting links to Coventry. David writes…. In the course of a recent visit…
Interesting Sewerage
Inspired by recent Coventry Society visits and his own reseach, historian and Coventry Society Committee member, David Porter, tells us about the history of sewage disposal in Coventry. David writes…..…
Ellen Terry 1847 – 1928
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about one of Coventry’s most famous actresses. Peter writes…… Benjamin Terry and his wife Sarah Ballard were actors. In 1847 they were performing in…
Coventry in 1949 – not such an inconsequential year
(from Alfred Herbert News Vol 30 No 5 Sept-Oct 1956) Historian and CovSoc Committee member, David Fry, has been studying past editions of the Alfred Herbert Newsletter. These newsletters are…
Coventry’s First Archaeologist
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about on of Coventry’s best known archaelogists. Peter writes… John Bailey Shelton was born on 19th March 1875 in Kirby Woodhouse a small hamlet…
My Farming Life Past and Present
CovSoc Vice Chair, Peter Walters, reports back on a Coventry’s Society talk from retired farmer and CovSoc member, Richard Grindal. Peter writes….. In Richard Grindal’s early childhood, horses were still…