Coventry Collection

Triumph Tiger 100 Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Triumph De Luxe 3T Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Chilvers Coton Church (photo)
727561 Chilvers Coton Church (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chilvers Coton Church)

George Eliot / Cov Canal
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Coventry Canal = Red Deeps in " The Mill on the Floss."

Highfield Road Stadium Going to the Match - Coventry City FC
Highfield Road was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. for 106 years

Highfield Road Art - Coventry City
Watercolour of Highfield Road, former home of Coventry City F.C. 1899 - 2005. Record Attendance 51, 455 v Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1967

Coventry Cathedral DP164703
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands. Both old and new Cathedrals as seen from University Square. General view from the east

Advertisement for Triumph Renown motor car
Advertisement for the Triumph Renown motor car -- all thats best in Britain. Featuring a traditional cricket match on a village green on a sunny Saturday afternoon. 1951

Ruins of Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe

Ricoh Arena - Coventry City Football Club
Painting of the Ricoh Arena, home of Coventry City FC, 2005 - Current Day.Capacity 32, 609. Original painting created by Brian Casey

Lady Godiva rides her horse naked through the streets of Coventry while Peeping Tom looks on Date: 1860

Coventry Cathedral DP082268
Cathedral Church of St Michael, Priory Street, Coventry, Warwickshire. General view to show interior of nave

David Duckham makes a break for Coventry in the 1974 RFU Cup Final
Rugby Union - 1974 RFU Club Knockout Cup Final - Coventry 26 London Scottish 6 Coventry captain David Duckham makes a break past the Scottish full back on the way to scoring two tries during the game

Spon Street DP164668
Spon Street, Coventry, West Midlands. General view from the south east

Lower Precinct DP164632
Lower Precinct, Coventry, West Midlands. Detail of Gordon Cullen tiled mural in passage way from Lower Precinct to Corporation Street

Coventry Cathedral DP164705
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands. Exterior, roof detail of the new Cathedral by Basil Spence from the south

The Coventry Climax Engines ET199 the first British-produced forklift truck, seen here being demonstrated by a girl worker at the Coventry factory that produces the truck

Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535 base rescue helicopter
Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535, the base rescue helicopter at Upper Heyford. This helicopter is currently in the Midland Air Museum, Coventry

The Three Spires - Coventry, Warwickshire
Coventry, Warwickshire is known as The City of the Three Spires - Holy Trinity Church (left), St. Michaels Cathedral (centre) and Christ Church (Greyfriars) (right). Date: circa 1910s

Lyons Corner House, central London
Lyons Corner House on the corner of Coventry Street and Rupert Street, London. Date: 1947

A skinhead in Coventrys shopping precinct. 4th October 1969

Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, London
Londons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912

Lady Godiva statue DP164602
Lady Godiva statue Broadgate, Coventry, West Midlands. Viewed from the south

Coventry old cathedral shell and new modern cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Selection of Bicycles, 1888
Engraving of a selection of bicycles on display at the Stanley Show of 1888. In the centre is The Coventry Machinists Companys Coolie Cycle Cab built for the Sultan of Morocco and at bottom left

Advertisement for the Rover Safety Bicycle, 1885
Advertisment for the Rover Safety Bicycle, built by Starley and Sutton of the Meteor Works, Coventry

Coventry City v Nottingham Forest football match played at Highfield Road and ended in a 0-0 draw. Coventrys Mick Ferguson heads the ball towards the Notts Forest Goalkeeper Peter Shilton

Coventry Shopping Centre
The rather stark modern shopping centre in Coventry with shoppers going about their business at British Home Stores or Marks and Spencer; Coventry Cathedral can be seen Date: 1960s

David Duckham makes a break for Coventry in the 1974 RFU Cup Final
Rugby Union - 1974 RFU Club Knockout Cup Final - Coventry 26 London Scottish 6 Coventry captain David Duckham runs with the ball on the way to scoring two tries during the game at Twickenham

Poster advertising Palmer tyres of London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Coventry and Nottingham. A lady on a bicycle and a group of people in a car travel side by side

Cricket in Coventry
Cricket played on Grey Friars Green, Coventry

Coventry General View
A general view of Coventry, Warwickshire

Margaret of Anjou / Shaw
MARGARET OF ANJOU queen of Henry VI, daughter of Rene d Anjou, - with her court from a tapestry in St Marys Hall, Coventry

Old Cathedral (Bombed in 2nd World War), Coventry, Warwickshire, UK

Coventry / Jarrold 1905
Coventry, Warwickshire: a distant view of the city

Old Map of Coventry 1807 by Cole and Roper
An attractive and detailed early 19th century reproduction town plan of Coventry 1805. First published by Cole and Roper as a finely engraved series of county maps

Lanchester Polytechnic Halls of Residence, viewed from Fairfax Street, Coventry, 18th April 1974

The Redesdale cinema, 224 Foleshill Road, Coventry, opened in 1933. It closed in 1952 and became a dance hall called Tree Tops Club in 1973 which closed in 1978. It is now a Sikh Temple

Broadgate Standard DP164614
Broadgate Standard, Broadgate, Coventry, West Midlands. Viewed from the south east

Team photo- Coventry RFC - Players and officials - Back row: L - r: George Cole, Jim Broderick, Chris Ison, John Eaton, Bernie Clarke, Thumper Dingley, Tony Gulliver, Rob Fardoe, Graham Robbins

Team photo- Coventry RFC - Players and officials - Back row: L - r: George Cole, Jim Broderick, Chris Ison, John Eaton, Bernie Clarke, Thumper Dingley, Tony Gulliver, Rob Fardoe, Graham Robbins

Men at work on the Rapier track at the Rootes Group factory at Ryton, Coventry. 2nd November 1961

New Union Street DP164729
New Union Street, Coventry, West Midlands. General view from the north west of shops and offices

County of Warwick by William Smith, c. 1600 (after Saxton, c. 1574)
`WARWICI COMITATVS DESCRIPTIO. Quan primus aeditit Christophorus Saxton. Anno 1576. Nunc de integro correcta. aucta. et restituta. Cui adduntur (praeter 60)

Highfield Road, home of Coventry City Football Club, our picture shows an under-soil heating system being installed on the pitch, 25th April 1961

Postcode Sector Map sheet 14 East Midlands
This Postcode Sector Map (sheet 14) displays all of the first part of the postcode and the first number of the second part, or Inward Code, (eg EX20 3) for the East Midlands

Darnall Cemetery Chapel, Coventry Road c. 1859
Watercolour on paper.Architect: Flockton and Son.Size: 28 x 38 cmOriginal at Sheffield Archives SY20/B3/3

Map of Coventry in Warwickshire, England Victorian Engraving, 1840
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Map of Coventry in Warwickshire, England Victorian Engraving, 1840. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Christ Church, Cheylesmore DP173112
Christ Church, Frankpledge Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, West Midlands. Interior, general view of nave

Coventry Cathedral DP164704
St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands. Exterior, roof detail of the new Cathedral by Basil Spence from the south

The Levelling Stone DP164627
The Levelling Stone, Upper Precinct, Coventry, West Midlands. Slab of slate depicting a Phoenix rising from the flames marking the redevelopment of Coventry

Coventry Building Society Arena - Coventry City FC
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England

Locarno Dance Hall, Coventry. 1st April 1974

Orderly rows of buildings in the new development in Spon Street, Spon End, Coventry. 29th January 1971

Spon End, Coventry. 5th June 1974

The cocktail bar at the Pink Parrot nightclub, Coventry. 8th September 1987

What better birthday present than a cuddle from pop star David Essex. That was the surprise treat arranged for a Coventry fan by her friends and workmates yesterday

Gregory Hood Road DP164785
1 - 11 Gregory Hood Road, Coventry, West Midlands. Exterior detail of tiled surround to entrance door and balcony rails above, viewed from the south west

Bull Yard DP164661
Bull Yard, Coventry, West Midlands. Exterior, detail showing fins viewed from the east

Mapleton Hotel, Coventry Street, London
Mapleton Hotel and restaurant, Coventry Street in central London just along from Piccadilly Circus. A lorry with milk churns is in the foreground

Women workers, World War I
Women workers packing fuse heads in the Coventry Ordnance Works during World War I

Old Coventry Cathedral
The altar and east end of the cathedral of Saint Michael. Building began in 1373, on the site of an earlier cathedral. Mostly destroyed during the Blitz on 14 November 1940

Queen Elizabeth II visits Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry. 30th June 1970

Views over Spon End looking over the new four storey flats and the recently built Y. W. C. A
Views over Spon End looking over the new four storey flats and the recently built Y.W.C.A. premises in the Butts. In the background can be seen the Butts Stadium and on the left

Coventry Polytechnic Building, 1st April 1989

Morecambe and Wise appeared at Coventry Theatre for four shows entitled " Eric and Ernie - Two of a Kind!" Back stage they were photographed with Arthur Worsley

Coventry has been represented by a school and the Youth Orchestras Brass Section in a recording of BBCs Radio Fours schools programme Together

The Snarling Beasties director and actress Debbie Isitt, finds time to relax during rehearsals for the Edinburgh Festival. 10th August 1987

A residents view from the balcony of a flat in Queens Street, Coventry, overlooking new flats being built in Hillfields. 12th January 1966

More than 50 years of Triumph car production in Coventry came to a quiet and un-ceremonious end today when the last Spitfire left the No 1 track at Canley

A 1957 500cc Velocette motor cycle owned by Charles Bartlett, aged 19 of Arden Street, Earlsdon, Coventry. He had partially built it up as a Chopper when a fire destroyed a lot of his hard work

Westmorland Road, Wyken DP164824
61 - 71 Westmorland Road, Wyken, Coventry, West Midlands. General view from the west

St John's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Pond near Whittems Farm, near Coundon, late 19th-early 20th century (oil on canvas)
3506693 Pond near Whittems Farm, near Coundon, late 19th-early 20th century (oil on canvas) by Anderson, John (1835-1919); 38x61 cm; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK; (add.info.: Anderson)

Lanchester Polytechnic Tea Party, Coventry, 14th November 1975. Our Picture Shows... students enjoy this tea party on a busy ring road roundabout in Coventry

A sunny morning at Spon End, Coventry, with the railway bridge framing modern blocks of flats and old shops. 25th August 1962

FA Cup heroes, Coventry City players, take a city tour aboard a open-top bus. 18th May 1987

The circular Godiva Cafe in the Lower Precinct, Coventry city centre - a popular place for a quick snack and to meet friends and family. 17th May 1963

Cars parked in Market Way Precinct, Coventry. Soon there will be a ban on Precinct parking so this sight will disappear. 7th October 1961

The glass tower entrance to the Locarno Ballroom, Smithford Way Precinct, Coventry, which was completed in 1960. 29th December 1960

Jaguar
The radiator grill and badge on a Jaguar XF luxury saloon car

Sunlight through windows in the old Christian cathedral ruins, Coventry, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Myth / Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva rides through Coventry, keeping her promise to Leofric the Earl of Mercia. The Earl had agreed to lift exactions on his tenants, in return for her breezy ride

Meriden Green, late 19th century (oil on canvas)
3506229 Meriden Green, late 19th century (oil on canvas) by Vernon, William Henry (1820-1909); 31x46.5 cm; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK; eHerbert Art Gallery & Museum

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Coventry, a city steeped in history and innovation. From the iconic Lady Godiva statue to the majestic ruins Cathedral, this vibrant city boasts a rich cultural heritage that captivates all who visit. As you stroll through the streets of Coventry, you can't help but be enchanted by its charm. The Three Spires stand tall against the skyline, symbolizing the city's resilience and strength, and is here that you'll find Highfield Road Art - home to Coventry City Football Club, where passionate fans gather to cheer on their beloved team at Ricoh Arena. But Coventry is not just about sports; it has also been a hub for technological advancements. The Coventry Climax Engines ET199 revolutionized industries with its British-produced forklift truck, while Kaman HH-43B Huskie base rescue helicopter showcased the city's commitment to innovation and progress. In this bustling metropolis, history intertwines seamlessly with modernity. Take a moment to admire David Duckham as he makes a break for Coventry in the 1974 RFU Cup Final – an unforgettable moment etched into sporting history. And let's not forget Triumph Renown motor car – an advertisement that epitomizes elegance and sophistication synonymous with Coventry craftsmanship. Whether you're exploring Lower Precinct or marveling at DP164703 artwork depicting Coventry Cathedral, every corner of this captivating city tells a story waiting to be discovered. So come immerse yourself in the allure – where tradition meets progress and beauty resides within every nook and cranny. Experience firsthand why this enchanting destination continues to capture hearts from across Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe. . and beyond.