Keresley Archaeology
coventrysociety The remains of a medieval building have been discovered on the edge of Keresley. An excavation carried out by archaeologists has found evidence of the people who lived there over…
Heritage and History
Bicycles and Bells
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us a fascinating story that combines bicyles and tubular bells. Peter writes….. In 1871 John Harrington the son of a farmer & born…
The story of Edward Cave
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the interesting story of a Warwickshire lad who became famous in the 18th Century. Peter writes…. Fourteen miles from Coventry lies the village of…
Wrothsilver
In the run up to Martinmas, CovSoc member Peter James tells us about the ancient ceremony of Wrothsilver. Peter writes….. Knightlow Hundred covers a large area stretching from Arley in…
Coventry Jewish Watchmakers
For 150 years Coventry was the cynosure of British watchmaking. From the 1850’s, as the city’s watchmaking renown became world-wide, skilled immigrant Jewish watchmakers, from Bavaria and Prussia, added to…
HAZ Project Completed
Work on Coventry’s Hight Street Heritage Action Zone has come to an end this month. The regeneration of one of Coventry city centre’s final intact historic streets has now been…
Our Heritage, Our Future
More than fifty people attended the Coventry Society’s third heritage conference at the end of October. The conference was held at the Litten Tree Building in Warwick Road on Saturday…
The Crooked House – a warning to us all!
The Coventry Society abhors the destruction of the Crooked House public house, along with the obvious inadequacies of current measures designed to protect the historic environment, highlighted by this incident.…
Robert Glover and the Coventry Martyrs
CovSoc member Peter James has been researching his ancestors and came across some interesting information about the Coventry martyrs. Peter writes….. My maternal grandmother Edith Haddon grew up in Foleshill…
The Thin Blue Line
CovSoc member, Peter James, had a grandfather who was a member of the Coventry Police Force in 1919, which put him onto this story from the period after the end…