Coombe Abbey: A History Through Ten Centuries
coventrysociety A new history of Coombe Abbey takes its story from the Cistercian foundation in 1150 through secularisation in Tudor times and development as a stately home occupied by the Craven…
Heritage and History
Representation on the Coventry Cross Planning Application
With the planning application for the dismantling of the Coventry Cross being set for a decision by Planning Committee on the 15th November, we are sharing with you below the…
First World War Triumph and Gloria Memorial Re-dedicated
Following the award of a 75% grant from the War Memorials Trust and the donation of the balance from the TR Register Coventry Group, the Friends of London Road Cemetery…
Comments on the Dismantling of the Coventry Cross to be ignored.
People who commented on the previous Planning Application for the “Removal of the Coventry Cross Sculpture” will not be heard when the new planning application is considered by Planning Committee…
All the Colours of the Guildhall
The St Mary’s Guildhall colouring book is now out! The City of Coventry Freemen’s Guild has done it again with its winning formula – ‘a colouring Book’ for all age…
Opposition to the Demolition of the Coventry Cross Grows
Today the Coventry Society submitted a petition to the City Council to save the Coventry Cross. Over 780 people in the city have said No to the Council’s plans to…
Shakespeare comes back to Coventry
A near sell-out crowd looked on as Coventry’s medieval jewel, St Mary’s Hall, sparkled into life with music, poetry and Shakespeare on the evening of October 9. Historian Jonathan Foyle,…
Coventry On Film: From ‘A Heap of Broken Images’
Coventry’s post-war reconstruction and the resilience of its people are the sub-plot for an evening of films about the city, to be screened at Warwick Arts Centre on Friday, November…
Coventry Society Visit to St. Mark’s
For the October meeting of the Society, we got the chance to see inside the recently re-opened Grade II listed St. Mark’s Church, adjacent to Swanswell Park, with its remarkable…
The Foundation of our City
What links the Graham Sutherland tapestry at Coventry Cathedral, the Coventry Boy Statue by Philip Bentham, the Fisherman and the Nymph at Coombe Abbey by Percy George Bentham and the…