Victor Riley RIP
coventrysociety It is with great sadness that we report that Victor Riley passed away on the 12th August 2025. Victor was one of the last connections with the golden age of…
2025
Greener Roads?
Coventry City Council is trialling the use of new materials in road surfaces. The aim is to develop more sustainable, greener and eco-friendly road materials. Trials will take place this…
CovSoc goes to Stanford Hall
Coventry Society committee member Peter Walters reports on a sun-kissed society visit to one of the Midlands’ lesser known country houses. Had the fates been a little kinder to Percy…
St. John the Divine and Coventry’s Post War Suburbs
With the CovSoc visit to St. John the Divine Church coming up this week, our Vice Chair, Tim Brown, tells us some of the context of the construction of the…
Wolfhamcote Church – the one that got away …
With a CovSoc visit to St. John the Divine coming up later this month, Historian and CovSoc committee member, David Porter, tells us an interesting story about a medieval church,…
The Man who saved Kenilworth Castle
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about John Siddeley, one of Coventry’s most famous engineering innovators and the man who “saved Kenilworth Castle”. Peter writes…… John Davenport Siddeley…
Coventry Grows
A new project has been launched to create up to three new community growing spaces within some of the most green-deprived parts of Coventry. As part of its 15-year strategic…
In the Company of the Coventry Coroner
CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, reviews a book written by one of Coventry’s best known tour guides, Jo Phillips. Paul writes…… A new book has been published called “In the…
Smithford Street Hostelries
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about the history of Smithford Street. Peter writes….. Smithford Street once a key artery connecting Fleet Street to Broadgate played a vital…
Broadgate House to be Flats?
The Local Democracy Reporting Service has reported that former council offices in Broadgate House could be turned into apartments after they were deemed to be surplus to requirements. Staff working…