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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CFX_three-ancient-edifices_England.html
You are standing upon the site of three ancient edifices On the summit of hill top (approximately on this site) a convent was established about the year 650 A.D. By a Saxon lady later canonised under the name of St Osburg. The convent was destro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CBB_fords-hospital_England.html
Ford's Hospital
Named after William Ford who's will of 1509 endowed the almshouses. Built around a narrow court yard it is one of the most perfect examples of timber framed architecture in the country. Badly damaged by an air raid of November 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CBA_dresden-place_England.html
This plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dresden Herr Gerhard Schill in the presence of His Excellency the Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic Herr Karl-Heinz Kern and the Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Coventry Councillor G.W. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB9_christchurch-spire_England.html
This Tower and Spire formed the centre of the Church of the Grey Friars built in 1350 with stone from a quarry nearby owned by the Black Prince.
The Friary was demolished in 1512 but the spire was left standing in a garden until 1829 when Christc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB8_the-quadrant_England.html
The Quadrant
Built circa 1860. Coventrys finest example of terraced housing for the prosperous middle-classes of that era. The neo-classic terrace is built in six individual sections each with its own variation in design.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB7_angela-brazil_England.html
Angela Brazil
Children's Writer
Lived and Worked Here
1911 - 1947
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB6_grey-friars-gate_England.html
Bull Yard was formally a short street (Bull Street) leading to Barracks Square Market (now the Barracks car park), but on Samuel Bradford's 1748-49) Coventry map it was part of a much longer path leading from Greyfriars gate to Smithford Street, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB5_sir-frank-whittle_England.html
Air Commodore
Sir Frank Whittle
OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS
This statue celebrates the centenary
of Frank Whittle's birth in Coventry and
shows him watching the first test flight of
a jet-propelled Gloster-Whittle E28/39
on 15 May 1941 at RAF…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB4_swanswell-gate_England.html
Swanswell Gate
Completed circa 1440 as part of the fortified town wall, remains of which stand in the adjoining gardens. Originally named Priory Gate it gave access to the Prior's lands outside the wall, including Swanswell Fishpool. The archways…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CB3_the-coventry-theatre_England.html
The Coventry Theatre
The New Hippodrome, as it was originally named, was opened on 1 November 1937. It was the third Hippodrome on this site, the first situated in Pool Meadow (1903) and the second (1907) built in what is now the lower part of La…