Join us for Heritage Open Days
coventrysociety Heritage Open Days run from Friday 8th until Sunday 17th September 2023. There is a huge programme of events in Coventry and we hope that you will take this opportunity…
Heritage and History
Alfred Harris – Businessman and Benefactor
CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks tells us about one the city’s most important recent benefactors. Paul writes….. Alfred Harris, was a Keresley businessman, who was the sole benefactor of the…
Remembering Gosford Park Pool
CovSoc member John Marshall, chair of Stoke Local History Group, highlights an almost forgotten pool, once hidden behind Kingsway. John writes….. THE 1930s has been described as “the golden age…
Funding for Stoney Road Gardens
Historic England has awarded a grant of £63,000 to Coventry City Council towards a project that will see three summer houses in Stoney Road Allotments, a Grade II* registered park…
Canal Warehouses Re-visited
The ghost didn’t turn up for our August tour of the Coventry Canal Warehouses. Apparently, he doesn’t show up much when the warehouses are fully occupied and as they have…
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to Bridge 6
CovSoc member and keen jogger, Peter Hunter, has been down the cut! Peter writes….. Coventry’s canal towpaths are great routes for joggers, walkers and cyclists. They regularly feature in my…
Charterhouse’s Other Lives: the YHA
In 1962/63 the Charterhouse was used as a youth hostel. Historian and CovSoc member David Fry tells us more….. The 1962 Cathedral Festival to celebrate the opening of the new…
Life in Coventry’s crowded courts
CovSoc member John Marshall, chair of Stoke Local History Group, reflects on the rapid growth of court dwellings in 19th century Coventry. The industrial population of Coventry expanded very quickly…
The King’s Visits to Coventry
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the interesting story of the last king’s visits to Coventry. Peter writes….. On 14th December 1895 Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor was born in…
The Statues on the Cross
There has been a lot written recently about the history of the Coventry Cross, but little has been written about what it all means. The following description of the cross…