A wander around the centre of Coventry [9]
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A wander around the centre of Coventry [9]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 25 Sep 2021
These buildings in Fleet Street, despite appearances, seem to have been built, or, possibly, re-erected, in 1990. A plaque thereon records that the buildings were awarded the Evening Telegraph Design Award in that year. Timber framed and plastered under a tile roof. Coventry is a large city in the West Midlands, on the River Sherbourne. It is some 16 miles southeast of Birmingham and 85 miles northwest of London. There is evidence of occupation earlier, but the present settlement grew around the abbey of St Mary, founded in 1043, and Coventry became an important medieval city. Over the centuries the principal industries have been weaving, watch making, cycle manufacturing and the production of motor vehicles. The city centre has been almost entirely rebuilt following bombing damage in WWII and includes a new cathedral built in 1962.
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52.408284
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