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A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Buildings: Public buildings Public Buildings ST. … for this position, is the notable tapestry which is one of Coventry's chief treasures. The inclusion among its figures … St. Mary's Hall and the Council House in Earl Street. COVENTRY CROSS. A cross was set up at the south end of Cross …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Buildings: Religious houses and schools BUILDINGS 1 … to have been recorded. 27 While excavations for the new Coventry cathedral were in progress in 1955, the northern … evidence for this suggestion appears to be a sketch of Coventry made in the 1570s by the herald, William Smith. 35 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR BEFORE the mid 16th century the relief of the poor of Coventry was largely the responsibility of the religious … endowment of new charitable trusts much land in and around Coventry that had earlier belonged to the religious houses …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Churches: Churches built before 1800 Churches Built Before 1800 84 HOLY TRINITY, Coventry, and its Chapels. 85 Holy Trinity was in existence at least by 1113 as a chapel claimed by Coventry Priory and serving the tenants of what was by then …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Churches: Churches built since 1800 Churches Built … from parts of the parishes of Holy Trinity, St. Michael, Coventry, and St. Peter. 96 The living, a titular vicarage, … 1919 when the patronage was transferred to the Bishop of Coventry. 98 CHRIST CHURCH, situated in the angle of Union …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Churches: Introduction CHURCHES 1 In their earliest … consisting of the Arden district which included Coventry, became part of Lichfield diocese and the southern … dioceses and the consequent ecclesiastical association of Coventry with Lichfield survived for over a thousand years …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Communications COMMUNICATIONS 1 ROADS. None of the roads around Coventry lies on the line of a Roman road: there was no Roman … was completed in 1940 3 around the south and west sides of Coventry, running from the London road near Ryton Bridge to …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Crafts and industries: Craft organisation to the … 16th century CRAFT ORGANISATION TO THE 16TH CENTURY The Coventry craft guilds received neither royal charters nor any … the 13th century 79 suggests that the organisation of the Coventry industries, as we know it to have been in the 15th …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Crafts and industries: Medieval industry and trade … AND TRADE 2 When the Anglo-Saxons first settled in Coventry, probably well after the time when both Angles and … of the area made development difficult. Anglo-Saxon Coventry was probably a small, not very prosperous place, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The City of Coventry Crafts and industries: Modern industry and trade … To judge from its contribution to the subsidy of 1523-7 Coventry maintained its earlier position among the cities of … effort to improve the quality and the competitive value of Coventry goods. In 1539, when the religious houses were being …