Alstom Pendolino Train from Birmingham to Coventry |
Coventry Station |
Welcome to Coventry |
Manor Yard, 14th C. |
Coventry once possessed one of England's most well preserved medieval town centers |
After the massive German bombing on 14 November 1940, only a few pockets of the historic center survived |
The Squirrel, Coventry |
Christchurch Spire survived the Blitz, while the church itself burned |
Christchurch Spire |
Methodist Central Hall, Coventry |
The Phoenix by George Wagstaffe, 1962 |
The Phoenix by George Wagstaffe, 1962 |
After the war, Coventry was rebuilt in a modern style with one of Europe's earliest pedestrian zones |
Ford's Hospital - Alms House for Old Ladies of Coventry, 1509 |
Ford's Hospital survived and was restored to its original conditioning 1953 |
Ford's Hospital, Coventry |
The Earl of Mercia, Little Park Street, Coventry |
The Earl of Mercia, Little Park Street, Coventry |
Coventry City Council, Earl Street |
Coventry City Council |
Justitia - Coventry City Council |
Coventry City Council |
Coventry City Council |
Coventry City Council |
Coventry City Council |
Coventry City Council |
Playwrights, Hay Lane, Coventry |
The Golden Cross, Coventry |
Coventry Cathedral |
A victim of World War II, Coventry Cathedral was left in ruins |
Like several other churches, only the tower was spared |
Destruction of the stained glass windows of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Rather than rebuilt the old, a new cathedral was constructed 1956-1962 |
The spire of the original St. Michael's Cathedral |
Ruins of Coventry Cathedral |
St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry |
Cross made of burnt roof beams, Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins, Coventry Cathdral |
Ecce Homo, Coventry Cathedral, carved 1934-35 by Sir Jacob Epstein, dedicated 1969 |
Loss - Coventry Cathedral |
Coventry Cathedral Spire |
Ruins of Coventry Cathedral |
Climbing the old spire, Coventry Cathedral |
View of the cathedral ruins, Coventry |
Coventry - a great loss, hastily rebuilt |
The new Coventry Cathedral - Chapel of Unity |
Holy Trinity Church from the spire |
The reconstructed city center of Coventry |
The Earl of Mercia from the spire |
Coventry, England, from the cathedral spire |
View of Coventry from the old cathedral spire |
A survivor of the war |
NatWest Bank, Coventry |
Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral |
Coventry Transport Museum |
Ruined altar of Coventry Cathedral |
Coventry University |
Looking out towards the stadium, Coventry |
Back down the spiral staircase |
18th C. memorials to Dame Mary Bridgeman and Mrs. Eliza Samwell in Coventry Cathedral |
Coventry Cathedral's World War I (Great War) memorial damaged by the German bombs of World War II |
Surviving ruins, Coventry Cathedral |
Cathedral with the spire of Trinity Church |
Modern statue of Jesus, old Coventry Cathedral |
Tomb of Bishop Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs |
The Bishop holds a model of Coventry Cathedral |
Bishop Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs (1845-1922) |
Isn't it ironic that the Bishop's mitre has a swastika on it |
Bishop's tomb, old Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral |
Old Coventry Cathedral |
Spire of Trinity Church |
Old Coventry Cathedral |
Spire of the Old Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral |
St. Michael's Victory Over the Devil, New Coventry Cathedral |
St. Michael's Victory Over the Devil by Sir Jacob Epstein |
The Devil Defeated, Old Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral |
Chapel of Unity, New Coventry Cathedral |
Interior, New Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral - Altar |
New Coventry Cathedral - Altar |
Jesus behind the altar, New Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral - eastern aisle windows |
Pulpid, New Coventry Cathedral |
Stained Glass Windows - New Coventry Cathdral |
"Come unto Me all Ye that Labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest..." |
New Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral |
New Coventry Cathedral |
Modern manger scene, New Coventry Cathedral |
Great Eastern Window, New Coventry Cathedral |
Southern glass wall, New Coventry Cathedral |
Southern glass wall, New Coventry Cathedral |
Window, New Coventry Cathedral |
Window, New Coventry Cathedral |
Chapel of Unity - Interior, New Coventry Cathedral |
Coventry News Boy statue, 1965 |
22 Bayley Lane, a medieval timber framed house ca 1500 |
22 Bayley Lane and the old Cathedral Spire |
Priory Row, Coventry |
Trinity Church, Coventry |
Trinity Church, Coventry |
The Flying Standard Pub, Coventry |
The Flying Standard Pub, Coventry |
The Flying Standard Pub, Coventry |
Lady Godiva, Coventry |
Lady Godiva, Coventry |
Lady Godiva by Sir William Reid Dick, 1949 |
Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets of Coventry in the 11th C. against oppressive taxation |
1950's pedestrian shopping zone, a postwar innovation |
Lower Precinct Shopping Center, Coventry |
Lower Precinct Shopping Center, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Church of St. John the Baptist, Coventry |
Spon Street & St. John the Baptist Church |
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Spon Street - a 14th C. half-timbered street which survived 1940 |
Spon Street, Coventry |
Spon Street, Coventry |
Spon Street - I can only image how wonderful Coventry must have been |
Spon Street |
I think it's things like that that Prince Charles was raving against |
Spon Street, Coventry |
The Old Windmill, 16th C., Spon Street |
English half-timbered architecture, Coventry |
Narghilia Historic 14th C. Kebabs and Fast Food, Spon Street |
Modern Coventry town center - Upper Well Street |
Coventry Evening Telegraph |
Modern-Ugly, Coventry |
Burges Street, Coventry |
Corporation Street, Coventry |
Part of the Sir Frank Whittle Memorial, Coventry |
Coventry Transport Museum |
Britannia Hotel, Coventry |
Priory Place, Coventry |