On Tenterhooks
coventrysociety CovSoc member Peter James shares an important part of Coventry’s history. Woven wool fabric from the loom is fairly open and rough. The Fulling process results in closer fibres making…
September 2022
Walking Backwards No. 16. Up and down the Foleshill Road
Today we have the sixteenth episode of Peter Walter’s series of lockdown walks “being a compendium of idle facts, hidden places and meaningless historiana gathered on walks within easy striding…
Gosford Green convent school ‘for girls from the silk mills of Coventry’
CovSoc member John Marshall uncovers the story of a 19th century convent at Stoke Old maps of Gosford Green show a curious building on Walsgrave Road, often marked simply as…
Remembering the Chace Hotel
CovSoc member John Marshall reflects on the history of the Chace Hotel and offers some personal reminiscences Work has begun on the transformation of an historic Coventry building which served…
Walking Backards No 15. From Friargate to Jordan Well
Today we have the fifteenth episode of Peter Walter’s series of lockdown walks “being a compendium of idle facts, hidden places and meaningless historiana gathered on walks within easy striding…
The Future of the LTB
Social entrepreneur Alan Denyer has sent an update on what’s happening at the LTB Alan writes “Thought I’d share a few updates, as it’s now 12 months since we first…
Cov Kid Becomes Director of Historic Coventry Trust
Following the departure of Carol Pyrah (becoming the Chief Executive at Urban Green Newcastle), Historic Coventry Trust has appointed a new Director. Coventry-born Anne Cranston grew up in Wyken and…
Walking Backwards No 14. From Spon Bridge to St John the Baptist Church
Today we have the fourteenth episode of Peter Walter’s series of lockdown walks “being a compendium of idle facts, hidden places and meaningless historiana gathered on walks within easy striding…
Campaign to Save Gibbet Hill Farmhouse
The Coventry Society has joined the campaign to save Gibbet Hill Farmhouse, which might be at risk from its owner Warwick University. Gibbet Hill Farmhouse, is currently functioning as the…
Council Transport Strategy Receives Funding
The City Council has secured £116 million additional funding to support its recently published Transport Strategy, through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). This takes the total investment in…