The Plague in Coventry
coventrysociety Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us how the plague affected Coventry over centuries. Peter writes…. The first plague epidemic known as The Black Death initially appeared in Europe…
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90th Anniversary of the Third Coventry Hippodrome
Historian and CovSoc committee member, David Fry, celebrates the 90th anniversary of the last Coventry Hippodrome. David writes….. This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the beginning of the construction…
London Road Cemetery: Paxton’s Coventry Legacy
Coventry’s London Road Cemetery was one of the earliest municipal burial grounds in England. Designed by Joseph Paxton, its dramatic landscape of quarries, winding paths, trees and monuments remains an…
The Great Meeting House Unitarian Church
Coventry Society Committee member, David Porter, has been following up concerns raised about the condition of this Church in Coventry. David writes….. One threat to our heritage which has become…
Wild Rover no more
David Porter notes the passing of a building with a significant history. David writes … In my role as a volunteer at the City Archives, I have often found myself…
St Catherine’s Well: Coventry’s Hidden Medieval Spring
Hidden among the houses of Coundon, St Catherine’s Well is the oldest surviving structures in Coundon. Now a new gate and information board are helping to reveal the story of…
Bedworth Almshouses
Discovering the Bedworth Almshouses – Nearly Two Centuries of History With the Coventry Society preparing to visit the Bedworth Almshouses, there has never been a better time to discover one…
‘After Bunney’ – A Book Review
Coventry Society founder member Paul Maddocks has been reading a new book about a local artist and the search for his long-lost family relative. His review follows. I have just…
Peeping Tom – No 1
CovSoc Secretary, John Payne, has been reading the first edition of Peeping Tom, the magazine of the Coventry Civic Amenity Society, published In the Spring of 1983. There are some…
Do conservation areas stifle development?
Two Coventry Society committee members (Tim Brown and John Prevc) recently attended the first of a series of ‘City Talks’ organised by Design Midlands. It is celebrating its new base…