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Empress Arcade, Binley Road, COVENTRY, CV3 1JF

Parade of shops near the junction with Bray's Lane.

Large Public House on the corner of Binley Road and Bull's Head Lane.

Another roadside pub forming a landmark among the rows of mock-tudor between-the-wars houses of suburban Coventry. The Bull's Head stands on Binley Road, at the eastern end of Stoke Common. It dates from the late 1920s, but there has been a public house called The Bull's Head on or near this site since at least the 18th century. https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/cph/main/pub.php?pg=bulls_head_stoke#:~:text=Bulls%20Head%2C%20108%20Binley%20Road%2C%20Stoke.%20Alternative%20Addresses%3A,also%20be%20a%20heraldic%20reference%20in%20these%20signs.

"In 1911 when ex-councillor Howells was developing the Harefield estate between the Stoke Road and Walsgrave Road an unusual find was made. Stonework was revealed and the men uncovered the huge remains of a set of mediaeval tile kilns…" See David McGrory. The Illustrated History of Coventry's Suburbs. Derby: Breedon Books, 2003. ISBN 1 85983 343 8 John Brightley adds: This may be of interest: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-703-1/dissemination/pdf/northamp3-29981_1.pdf which notes that the tile kilns were near to the north end of Harefield Road.

"The area known as Stoke Park was developed from the 1860s and is completely surrounded by a curving sandstone wall…some sources suggest that this is the site of the old racecourse." David McGrory. The Illustrated History of Coventry's Suburbs. Derby: Breedon Books, 2003. ISBN 1 85983 343 8

A Memorial, erected in 1933, to the work done by the conservators of the ancient Commons between 1889 and 1928 when responsibility was passed on to Coventry Corporation.

One of the two bronze plaques records: This memorial commemorates the work done on behalf of the parish and the people of Stoke by the Conservators of the ancient commons of the parish. The Conservators were in control of the commons from 1889 to 1928, when their duties were taken over by the Corporation of Coventry. Erected in 1933. The plaque on the opposite side of the pedestal records the names of the Conservators and their clerk: Conservators in office in 1928: The Mayor of Coventry (Alderman Fred Lee); Stephen Evans Bayley, Joseph Holt & Charles Payne, councillors for Stoke ward; John Marriott Binley, Arthur Chattaway, Charles Alfred Gray, William Hodgson Malcolm, John Woodward & Robert Wormell; Clerk to the Conservators: Henry Benjamin Sparkes. The view beyond is across Binley Road to its junction with Bull's Head Lane.

The plaque on the obelisk reads, "This memorial commemorates the work done on behalf of the parish and the people of Stoke by the conservators of the ancient commons of the parish. The conservators were in control of the commons from 1889 to 1928, when their duties were taken over by the corporation of Coventry. Erected in 1933." The monument stands at the eastern end of Stoke Common, which runs along both sides of Binley Road, the main road east out of Coventry towards Rugby.

Looking east.