Coventry’s Heritage Again under Threat
coventrysociety A site in Coventry city centre is again under threat only six months after developers were persuaded to withdraw their unsuitable planning application. The site, adjoining Greyfriars Green Conservation Area,…
Heritage and History
A Book of Trails
Coventry’s City of Culture team have published a new booklet to promote the city’s heritage and culture. The 26 page document includes a whole host of city centre trails, including:…
Coventry City Centre’s Historic Area Assessment
Coventry’s Heritage Action Zone initiative is working to unleash the power in Coventry’s historic environment to create economic growth and improve quality of life in the city. Working with local…
Digging up the past in Baginton
The Coventry Society is very interested in Coventry’s future and is always pushing for it to be of quality. We also understand that to achieve that we to have to…
Historic Coventry Trust Receives Two More Grants
Coventry’s pioneering Historic Coventry Trust has been awarded two separate grants from the Architectural Heritage Trust. The first grant has been offered under the Heritage Development Trust Pilot Grant Scheme.…
Coventry’s Exemplar Post War Church Architecture
For our February meeting we have Architect Aidan Ridyard talking about “Coventry’s exemplar post war church architecture – Looking at the city’s exceptional legacy as part of the international movement…
Ancient Amarna and Post-War Coventry
For the second meeting of CovSoc’s 50th Anniversary Year, we have a talk about the links between Coventry Precinct and the ancient city of Amarna. Roger Bailey, a Blue Badge…
Archaeological Finds at Baginton
Nigel Page from Warwickshire Archaeology will be giving a talk to the Coventry Society on Monday 13th January at 7.30pm at the Shopfront Theatre, City Arcade. The talk will focus…
The Flying Pioneer of the Midlands
Stanford Hall, near Rugby, could have been one of the most important historical sites for Aviation if it was not for a tragic twist of fate. The story begins in…
Happy 200th Birthday to Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)
As the bi-centennial year of the birth of Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot, draws to a close there is still time to see an exhibition about her…