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A History of the County of Warwick
… the Bishop of Worcester, and the recorders of Warwick and Coventry. Preference for admission as a brother was to be … took place as a result of the creation of the diocese of Coventry in 1919: a Scheme of 1926, confirmed by Act of Parliament, nominated the Bishop of Coventry as sole Visitor. The power formerly vested in the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… rural estates of 27 of the king's 'barons'. 5 The Abbot of Coventry had 32, and prominent among the others were the … had fallen well behind the growing industrial centre of Coventry: in 1327 it had 84 taxpayers compared with Coventry's 200; 14 in 1332 its taxpayers contributed £17 16 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of its poor communications and its proximity to industrial Coventry the economic position of Warwick showed little … receive the benefits of travellers, and standing betwixt Coventry and Stratford, both towns of common road, and their … principal trade. 17 Roberts's iron foundry, by 1822 in the Coventry road, which 'deservedly obtained considerable …
A History of the County of Warwick
… way for the Corn Exchange, designed by James Murray of Coventry. 94 Beyond the complex of county buildings in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… century, though in 1232, 1236, and 1240 they sat only at Coventry, and not at both places, as was more usual. 27 At … either just before, or just after, the sessions at Coventry, with few exceptions. 32 Regular sessions were … in 1644 and 1645, 33 and the Lent sessions of 1667 for Coventry and the county were both held at Coventry. 34 The …
A History of the County of Warwick
… them, in the extreme north-east and close to the road to Coventry, were the caves and chapel of Guy's Cliffe, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the hospital complex and bounded by the canal and the Coventry road is still (1965) in the process of development … 51 The straight avenue leading from this front to the Coventry road is probably also of 18th-century origin. … extensive grounds at the end of a long drive emerging in Coventry Road. 96 The house was built in the Classical style …
A History of the County of Warwick
… with gable-ends of stone ashlar. In 1755 Susanna Gill of Coventry bequeathed £1 a year to the minister of this chapel; … have soon become 'probably not much inferior' to that of Coventry (250-300); it declined in the 18th century but … Street in 1965. The annexe to the Exhibition Buildings in Coventry Road was licensed for use by the Salvation Army from …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Henry II's reign. 46 And in 1221, before the justices at Coventry, 'the men of the town' of Warwick paid £2 so that … (Essex) (1453-4), John Glover (1449), and Degory Heynes of Coventry (1478). Ashby, a 'poetical writer', also became the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… from 1553 to 1559. 25 He left Warwick for Coventry in 1569. 26 He was followed by John Fisher, probably … charges were established in the Decree of Lord Keeper Coventry in 1638, when the corporation lost the advowsons of … for his eldest son so that Simon, Lord Digby, and Thomas Coventry might be returned unopposed. 54 Digby's death in the …