
Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 1 of 7 Mon 18th Mar 2013 4:53pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5118 I must have passed this building hundreds of times without noticing it, until this morning, when I stopped to take this photograph
There's an interest write-up on this page ![]() |
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baffled54 usa All posts by this member | 2 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 2:47pm Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:18 A short time ago I posted on the forum to see if I could find a photo of the old Little Heath School, unfortunately no one could help but since I posted I have spent a lot of time reading through the topics and they have brought back a lot of memories of things I had completely forgotten about. I went to Little Heath School and Foxford Comprehensive, did an apprenticeship at Lucas Aerospace in Read Street before moving to the USA, besides the memories that this site has stirred up I am amazed at the knowledge some of the members have of Coventry so on this topic can someone tell me why Trinity Church and St Michaels were built so close together. thanks ajm |
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 3 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 3:13pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:742 That's a humdinger of a question baffled54, personally I have no idea, but I am sure some of our more knowledgeable members will be able to help you out. Good luck! ![]() Milly rules |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 4 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 4:15pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1640 On 5th Oct 2013 2:47pm, baffled54 said:
A short time ago I posted on the forum to see if I could find a photo of the old Little Heath School....
Hi baffled54, if you return to the Foleshill thread and look for my reply to you I uploaded a link for you with a drawing of your old school Little Heath |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 5 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 4:19pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2508 This link probably explains it in full
Coventry's churches
but the shortened version is that a lot of the town was owned by the church/priories (originally Catholic) and the churches would have started as much smaller private buildings. As wealthy people/religious big wigs decided to show off, they upsized their preferred church. So the location of the churches is a mixture of what land was owned by the church and an almost random effect of which locations got the cash. Oneupmanship rather than town planning. It goes without saying that if your hovel was in the way, you moved.
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baffled54 usa All posts by this member | 6 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 5:20pm Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:18 Thanks to all that responded to my question. Morgana thanks for the drawing, I just find it strange that a school was on the same site for about 150 years and there are no photographs of it. Helen F. thanks for the link, I now know why the two churches are so close. ajm |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 7 of 7 Sat 5th Oct 2013 5:53pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1368 Brilliant link, thank you Helen F ![]() |
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