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Apartments built on the site of Coundon Road rugby ground, home of Coventry Rugby Football Club from 1921 to 2004. This view is from Coundon Road level crossing and for most of the 83 years from 1921-2004 would have been of the rear three-quarters of a large corrugated iron, curved roof stand.

This pub gets its name from the local Coventry suburb of Coundon. In 1929 the licence of the Rose in Well Street was removed to the Coundon. It is a large pub that stood opposite the Rugby Union Ground until it moved to the Butts Arena.

This pub gets its name from the local Coventry suburb of Coundon. In 1929 the licence of the Rose in Well Street was removed to the Coundon. It is a large pub that stood opposite the Rugby Union Ground until it moved to the Butts Arena.

A new build in Barker's Butts Road.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark levelled at 90.812m above Newlyn Datum

Site of the former London Taxi Company factory on Holyhead Road, which was demolished in 2020. Houses are to be built on the site. The multi-storey car park in the distance belongs to the Sytner BMW dealership on Holyhead Road. The taxi factory has its roots in Carbodies, a company set up in 1919 to make coachwork - the bodywork of road vehicles - for local car manufacturers such as MG and Alvis. Its factory on Holyhead Road began production in 1928. It made military vehicles during the second world war and turned to taxi production in 1948. This gradually became the main business, with chassis production added in 1971. Manganese Bronze Holdings owned the company from 1973 to 2012, when it went into administration, and the following year it was sold to the Chinese company Geely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbodies Geely have built a new factory at Ansty Park, on the eastern outskirts of Coventry, and have renamed the London Taxi Company the London Electric Vehicle Company or LEVC, with a view to making vans as well as taxis. The new plant opened in 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Electric_Vehicle_Company https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-33755410

Site of London Taxi Company factory, Coventry, seen from Holyhead Road, with modern housing on Barker's Butts Lane visible behind the fenced-off site. The factory site is also to be developed with housing. The taxi factory originated as Carbodies, a company set up in 1919 to make bodywork for local car manufacturers, and its factory on Holyhead Road opened in 1928. Taxi production gradually became the main business from 1948 onwards, with chassis production added in 1971. Manganese Bronze Holdings owned the company from 1973 to 2012. In 2013 it was bought by the Chinese company Geely, which has built a new factory at Ansty Park, on the eastern edge of Coventry, renaming the London Taxi Company the London Electric Vehicle Company or LEVC, with a view to making vans as well as taxis. The new plant opened in 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbodies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Electric_Vehicle_Company

Public House in Barkers Butts Lane.

Coundon Road Signal Box on the Coventry-Nuneaton Line.