Historic Coventry Forum members' articles
A collection of articles and pieces of historic information put together by our Historic Coventry Forum members.
1: The Beech on Wheels, by forum members Foxcote and Robthu2: William West's 1830 directory, compiled by John McSparron3: Coventry businesses 1896, compiled by Anne Williscroft4: 400 years of Yardleys in Coventry, by Anne Williscroft (PDF)5: Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, by Barry Murphy6: Organist, Norman Coke-Jephcott, by Roger Jephcott (PDF)7: Early Coventry Registration Numbers, by John McSparron (PDF)8: The Blitz - My granddad's story, by Maurice Clark9: A Canley kid, by John White (PDF)10: The Lady who taught the City to dance, by Keith West (PDF)11: 'The Rambler' magazine article, 21st August 189712: Coventry Cycle and Motor Carnival, 189213: The Earlsdon Company, by Simon Shaw (PDF)14: The First Parish Book of St. John the Baptist, transcribed by W. A. Bottrill (PDF)15: Draper's Hall: A Building through Time, by Paramjit Sehmi (PDF)16: Rich Ruffians and Brutal Force!, by Paramjit Sehmi (PDF)17: A Night in Little Park Street, by J. B. Shelton (PDF)18: VLR: Coventry's Vision for Future Mobility (PDF)19: Coventry Archives Stock Taking Blog, by Vida Milovanovic (PDF)20: Mapping Coventry: The drawings of Dr. Nathaniel Troughton, by Vida Milovanovic (PDF)21: Hawkesbury's connections with the November 1940 Blitz, by member Not Local (PDF)22: First account of a witchcraft trial for black magic in England, 1325, by Mike Bevan (PDF)