Coventry Castle

Coventry Castle was a motte and bailey castle in the city of Coventry, England.

It was built in the 11th century by Ranulf Meschines, Earl of Chester, probably out of wood initially. Its first known use was during The Anarchy when Robert Marmion, a supporter of King Stephen, expelled the monks from the adjacent priory of Saint Mary and converted it into a fortress from which he waged a battle against the Earl. Marmion perished in the battle.

Coventry Castle was first mentioned in 1147, when those loyal to the king retreated to its defences during a siege by Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester. After the siege was lifted, King Stephen destroyed the castle, however it was probably later repaired as it was described as a viable fortification in 1182.

Despite Coventry's position at one of the most important road intersection in England, a castle was built there relatrively late on.
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Coventry Bachelor Pads

This is a blog on bachelor pads in Coventry, England. This is a city in the West Midlands.


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Coventry Blaze TV - Live Student Project

Coventry Blaze TV - Live Student Project

CUAE Interview for ITV Central News - May 2009

CUAE Interview for ITV Central News - May 2009

Coventry City - Training at Wembley before the FA Cup 1987

Coventry City - Training at Wembley before the FA Cup 1987

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Coventry v Gillingham 1996-97

Coventry v Gillingham 1996-97

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Newcastle vs Coventry 3-2

Newcastle vs Coventry 3-2
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Brighton 1-2 Coventry (League Cup) 1980/81

Brighton 1-2 Coventry (League Cup) 1980/81

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1980-81 League Cup Semi Final 1st Leg - Coventry v West Ham

1980-81 League Cup Semi Final 1st Leg - Coventry v West Ham

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county. The shape of the administrative area Warwickshire differs considerably from that of the historic county. Commonly used abbreviations for the county are Warks or Warwicks.

Kenilworth

Kenilworth is perhaps best known for Kenilworth Castle, although other significant local landmarks include Kenilworth Clock, Abbey Fields park and St Nicholas' Church. A settlement has existed at Kenilworth since at least the time of the Domesday Book – the book refers to Kenilworth as Chinewrde. However, the main development of the town occurred to serve Kenilworth Castle and St Mary's Abbey. The original development by Geoffrey de Clinton II in 1140 being along what is now Warwick Road, from the present St John's church to the clock tower. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey grounds, adjacent to the castle, were designated as common land, in exchange for the common land used for expansion of the castle by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Only a few walls and a storage barn of the original abbey now exist.
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Coventry Region

Unlike other major UK cities, Coventry does not have an extensive 'greater' urban area. This is partly because the city boundaries were drawn so as to include practically all of its suburbs, and partly because Coventry has comparatively little in the way of contiguous satellite towns and dormitory settlements.

The M6 motorway directly to the north of Coventry acts as an artificial boundary which precludes expansion into the Bedworth-Nuneaton urban area, as does the protected West Midlands Green Belt which surrounds the city on all sides. This has circumvented the expansion of the city into both the administrative county of Warwickshire and the metropolitan borough of Solihull, and has helped to prevent the coalescence of the city with surrounding settlements such as Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Rugby, Meriden and Balsall Common.

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