Digging up the past in Baginton
coventrysociety 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…
Heritage and History
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…
George Demidowicz on the Old Cathedral
At the November Coventry Society meeting on the evening of 11th November, George Demidowicz the former City Council Conservation Officer gave a talk about the archaeological discoveries in the Ruins…
John Gulson – the Coventry Philanthropist
There is a school and a road named after him and there used to be a Library that bore his name. But who is John Gulson? .. and what did…
Stoney Road Gardens – a Coventry Treasure
One of the wonderful things about Heritage Open Days is that they give you the opportunity to see fascinating features that are not normally open to the public. This year…