Heritage and History

Our Rich History

The Coventry Society is not primarily a Historic Society, but we are interested in Coventry’s history. The city has a rich and interesting history; we are not going to recount the city’s history on this website because there are plenty of great sites produced by professionals and enthusiasts which do that already. Here are a few. Please let us know if you recommend others.

• Coventry First World War Memorials on this site
• Hero in your street
• HISTORIC COVENTRY TRUST
• COVENTRY REBUILT – a computer modeling of historic Coventry.
• COVENTRY’S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD (HER): comprehensive record of some 4000 historic sites in Coventry.
• HISTORIC COVENTRY: great enthusiast’s site. Have a look at the Street Maps section.
• HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
• THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY FOR THE CITY OF COVENTRY
• HISTORY OF COVENTRY WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
• HISTORY OF COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
• COVENTRY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
• COVENTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM
• COVENTRY BLITZ RESOURCE CENTRE: contains lots of information about the Coventry Blitz.
• COVENTRY AT WAR: is full of information about the city’s militiary past.
• THE COVENTRY WE HAVE LOST is a site which accompanies the series of books by David Fry and Albert Smith.
• The HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE on an independent site.
• THE WEAVERS HOUSE is about an important project in Spon End.
• Coventry – the making of a modern city 1939 – 1973  One of our favourite books about postwar Coventry.

Listed buildings in Coventry

There are numerous listed buildings in Coventry, ranging from medieval buildings right up to buildings from the 1950s and 60s. You can download a printed list of all listed buildings in the city and scheduled monuments from the City Council website. There is also a list of locally listed buildings on the Council website.

Conservation Areas in Coventry

There are eighteen Conservation Areas in Coventry:

• Allesley Village
• Kenilworth Road
• Stoke Green
• Greyfriars Green
• Hill Top
• Lady Herbert’s Garden
• Spon Street
• Hawkesbury Junction
• Chapelfields
• London Road
• High Street
• Ivy Farm Lane (Canley Hamlet)
• Far Gosford Street
• Naul’s Mill
• Spon End
• Coventry Canal
• Earlsdon
• Brownshill Green

There is more information about Conservation Areas on the Council website.