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LesMac
Coventry
1 of 23  Mon 18th Mar 2013 11:29am  

For thirty years I have lived within the sound of the traffic on the Fletchamstead Highway and have sometimes wondered.. The name to me can be split into two halves Fletch and Hampstead so does this imply that there was once a village thereabouts populated with fletchers busy making arrows. I like to think that there is a reason or logic to some names of our city streets. Likewise in the Tile Hill area there are several references in street names to the Knights Templars. What is the connection between the Templars and Tile Hill?...Les
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dutchman
Spon End
2 of 23  Mon 18th Mar 2013 11:58am  

There's an explanation of the connection between the Templars and Fletchamstead here: Tile Hill Kid - Fletchamstead Hall
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LesMac
Coventry
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3 of 23  Tue 19th Mar 2013 10:03am  

Thanks for reply Mr Dutchman, interesting read.
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Midland Red

4 of 23  Tue 19th Mar 2013 10:06am  

It's the case that outsiders tend to call it "Fletch Hamstead" whilst real Coventrians know it as "Fletchumsted" Cheers
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NeilsYard
Coventry
5 of 23  Fri 13th Jan 2017 1:39am  

Anyone know what happened to Fletchamstead Hall?
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pixrobin
Canley
6 of 23  Fri 13th Jan 2017 5:07am  

It was knocked down around 60 years ago NeilsYard. Originally it was replaced by a small factory, but now there are houses covering the site.
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matchle55
Coventry
7 of 23  Fri 13th Jan 2017 11:49am  

Probably longer than that, in 1952 we moved into a new council house in Templar Ave and could get to the site by walking across the playing field behind the house. There were just a few large stones to show where the hall had once stood.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
8 of 23  Sat 14th Jan 2017 8:34am  

Had it just fallen in to disrepair?
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matchle55
Coventry
9 of 23  Sat 14th Jan 2017 8:45am  

Possibly Neil, but there was very little of it left.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
10 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 11:37am  

Great early view of the A45 - Fletch highway looking west. You can see the old Standard Cinema so its post 1938 -
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Mick Strong
Coventry
11 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 11:45am  

Great pic Neil. Would that building on the left be Coventry Gauge & Tool ?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
12 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 11:47am  

I think so, Mick, yes - later the Matrix. Looking at Grace's Guide, that factory only went up in 1936.
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Mick Strong
Coventry
13 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 11:51am  

Was the Fletch pub built around that time?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
14 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 12:03pm  

Yes, 1937.
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Not Local
Bedworth
15 of 23  Mon 9th Jan 2023 1:42pm  

I would say that the photograph dates from the late 40's or very early 50's because the cars parked in what I assume is the Standard include a Triumph Roadster (Bergerac car) which was introduced in 1946 and some Standard Vanguard Phase 1's which were introduced in 1947.
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