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A History of the County of Warwick
… Sherbourne on the north, and from beyond the modern Priory Street on the east to what is now Trinity Street on the west. The church stood on the southern and … churchyard, disappeared with the construction of Priory Street in 1856-7. 41 A stone arch which is thought to have …
A History of the County of Warwick
… by will proved 1634, left a messuage in Smithford Street with remainder to the corporation on condition that … to lead the uses of a fine to be levied by the heirs of Joseph Symcox declared that the corporation should receive a … the income from it paid to the vicar. CHAMBERS'S CHARITY. Joseph Chambers, alderman, by will proved 1685, left to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Smithfield Market, and on the water mains in St. Nicholas Street. 12 The real crisis took place in 1882 when the vicar, … The former bell-cote contained one bell, of 1707, by Joseph Smith of Edgbaston. Three additional bells, cast by … patronage to Mrs. Jane Blakesley. 81 It passed to Alderman Joseph Edge Banks in 1894, 82 again, in 1901, to the Revd. A. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1800 Churches Built Since 1800 92 ALL SAINTS, Far Gosford Street, was consecrated in 1869. It was designed by Paull and … Coventry. 98 CHRIST CHURCH, situated in the angle of Union Street and Warwick Lane, was built in 1830- 32 and … 18 stands at the junction of Mercer Avenue and North Street. It was opened in 1929, 19 designed by H. B. Creswell, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish churches in Coventry itself, but in that year Spon Street ward in St. Michael's parish was assigned as a new … 1841 St. Paul, Foleshill Road, and St. Peter, Canterbury Street, to cater for the increased population of the weaving … in 1844 to serve the district growing up between Spon Street and the Butts. In 1869 two more churches were …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the Fosse Way, six miles to the south-east, and Watling Street, nine miles to the north-west. The modern road pattern … in the city itself were turnpiked: Broadgate, Fleet Street, Jordan Well, Much Park Street, Earl Street, and Spon Street; in addition, the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… mill between the Radford Road and St. Nicholas Street were possibly fulling mills, as Baginton Mill … tenter grounds for stretching the fulled cloth near Cook Street and St. Agnes Lane and between the Radford Road and St. Nicholas Street, and at least two grounds lay north of Well Street. 11 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… that they had for long bought and sold goods daily in Earl Street. 16 Before 1346 there appears to have been a market in … Queen Isabel. 17 It is perhaps significant, however, that street names connected with markets 18 were, almost without … market was held at the junction of Rood Lane and Cook Street; 22 cloth was originally sold at the Old Drapery at …
A History of the County of Warwick
… to set up their stalls below the conduit. 3 In 1553 Fleet Street and Jordan Well were allotted to country butchers who … set up stands there on Fridays. 4 The stretch of Gosford Street between Whitefriars Lane and Jordan Well was used for … was working in London in 1695, and John Patson and Joseph Huet were looking after the clocks in the Market Place …
A History of the County of Warwick
… lies within the triangle formed by the Fosse Way, Watling Street, and Rycknield Street, 8 6 miles from the Fosse Way at its nearest point, 9 from Watling Street, and 17 from Rycknield Street. 9 By the 12th century …