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Prof
Gloucester
136 of 259  Fri 27th Mar 2020 12:24pm  

This any help, Helen? I know you meant the buildings beyond! West side, Gosford Gate Forum library image
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Helen F
Warrington
137 of 259  Fri 27th Mar 2020 12:42pm  

It's a great image Prof but I've got this one. However I never know when a slightly different image will show something new. Or even a repost of something I've got might trigger a new observation. eg this image makes me think that there might be a chimney on the right hand side. On the front of the left hand building there's a funny shape like an artist's palette. This was a shoulder blade supposedly from some massive bovine creature slaughtered by a hero I can't recall. It shares a mythology with the Dun Cow. Some think that the creature in the story could be an aurochs but the bone on the gate would be too big and was probably a whale shoulder bone.
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Prof
Gloucester
138 of 259  Fri 27th Mar 2020 12:56pm  

Yes, I knew about the fable of the Dun Cow and St George, (there was an image of it in the Upper? Precinct somewhere, or perhaps the Market entrance.) However,after some searching, I have found Pixrobin's super photo of Sir Guy of Warwick slaying the Dun Cow in Shelton Square. I had forgotten this, whereas St George slayed the Dragon of course.
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JayC
Coventry
139 of 259  Thu 16th Apr 2020 8:39pm  

Does anyone know if the stretch of old sandstone wall on Hearsall Lane is part or the original City wall that was relocated? Thanks.
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Prof
Gloucester
140 of 259  Thu 16th Apr 2020 9:39pm  

If so there is more of it on Binley Road/Brays Lane and Gulson Road also.
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Midland Red

141 of 259  Fri 17th Apr 2020 11:54am  

If you go back to page 3 of this thread, there's a conversation about Coventry sandstone Thumbs up
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
142 of 259  Sat 18th Apr 2020 12:44pm  

The word 'spon' was probably the stretch of ground or span or space between the town and the old hospital of lepers, and the river in old deeds and plans is shown as Spon Brook.
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Helen F
Warrington
143 of 259  Sat 25th Apr 2020 5:13pm  

On 16th Apr 2020 8:39pm, JayC said: Does anyone know if the stretch of old sandstone wall on Hearsall Lane is part or the original City wall that was relocated? Thanks.
I moved the answers to Hearsall Topic
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NeilsYard
Coventry
144 of 259  Wed 6th May 2020 9:17am  

Was not sure where to put these, no thread specifically for Rope Walk but these have just turned up on FB thanks to Beverley Wishart. They were taken from The Alfred Herbert News - an internal staff magazine. Sir Alfred Herbert purchased the old rope walk as far as Cook Street and Swanswell Gate to clear the area and lay out a garden to be dedicated to his late wife. Here are the pictures of some of the buildings that were demolished, opening up part of the old city wall
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Helen F
Warrington
145 of 259  Wed 6th May 2020 12:43pm  

Nice pics Neil. They're from the collection I told you about - the creation of Lady Herbert's garden. There are many, many more, including the demolition work, rebuilding the towers (although not as many as I'd like), the landscaping and the final planting.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
146 of 259  Wed 6th May 2020 5:16pm  

Guessed you would have seen them Helen!
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Helen F
Warrington
147 of 259  Thu 7th May 2020 12:32am  

The first one is at the Swanswell end and I think that it's the Hippodrome you can see the back of. By the time those photos were taken it had been a wood yard rather than the ropewalk. In the second photo, it's looking towards Cook Street and the small building on the left was on the corner of Chauntry Place. The third one is looking right along the remains of the old wall leading to the Cook Street gate way.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
148 of 259  Wed 13th May 2020 5:33pm  

Helen, wasn't there a little lane down the side of the Hippodrome where the stage door used to be? Or was that in more recent years, or am I completely lost?
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Helen F
Warrington
149 of 259  Wed 13th May 2020 5:59pm  

Looking at the 1937 map, there was indeed a path between the old Hippodrome and the remains of the wall, with two sets of steps. Link to map - zoom out a few times to view Thumbs up
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Prof
Gloucester
150 of 259  Wed 13th May 2020 7:32pm  

Dream, I think that back entrance to the Hippodrome was roughly the site of St Agnes' Lane!
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