Litten Tree Building to close
coventrysociety Alan Denyer writes….. Hi all – happy new year! Apologies it’s been a while since I’ve been in touch – can you believe this week marked 500 days since we…
Heritage and History
Murder at the Binley Road Toll House
CovSoc member John Marshall uncovers the fascinating story of an 18th Century crime… One of the most infamous murders ever to take place in Stoke occurred in November 1772 when…
Tile Mural Destroyed
The Coventry Society is disappointed to learn that post-war artwork located in an underpass near Croft Road has not been saved from destruction. The artwork was in the form of…
The Importance of Albany Road
CovSoc member Peter James writes….. Earlsdon’s development began in 1852 with the building of eight streets. The earliest inhabitants were weavers and watchmakers keen to move from the city slums…
Henry Couchman, Binley Church and Eighteenth Century Drapers’ Hall
CovSoc member, David Fry, tells us about his interesting research into one of Coventry’s architectural puzzles…… My first job in Coventry regularly took me past Binley church, St Bartholomew. It…
Cathedral Monument Collapses
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams writes … The Bridgeman Memorial on the walls of the Cathedral Ruins collapsed in October. This was quite…
A Plaque for Larkin
The poet Philip Larkin has finally been honoured with a commemorative plaque on the house in Coventry where he was born, just over one hundred years ago. The plaque, commissioned…
Only Equalled by Kensington Palace
CovSoc member, and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, tells us the fascinating story of 11 Priory Row. Martin writes…. Last week I attended a Cathedral committee…
The Stevens Family
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the story of the famous Coventry family who turned from silk weaving to housing developers. Thomas Stevens was born in Foleshill in 1828 and…
What links R2D2 to a Coventry Electric cab company?
CovSoc founder member and former Chair, Paul Maddocks, has written the following article for the Historic Coventry website and we re-print it here with their kind permission. A good fiend…