Bibliography

Or to put it another way.... a list of books and guides that I own, which have been both educational and inspirational to me in learning about the history of our city of Coventry.


 

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120 books listed:

Book title

Author

Year first published

Comments

Souvenir of Coventry  1920s From the 'Seal of Artistic British Excellence' Series.
Coventry Through The Ages (Compiled by) D. J. H. Smith 1969 Some descriptions of the city c.1540 to 1868
True as Coventry Blue (Edited by) Iain Soden 2000 Papers presented to Margaret Rylatt. (City Archaeologist, 1973-2000)
The Early Records of Medieval Coventry (Edited by) P. R. Coss 1986 
St. Michael's Church Past & Present A. J. Brookes c1905 Including a Brief History of Coventry.
Know Your Coventry Abe Jephcott 1947 One hundred questions and answers concerning Coventry'.
The Third Spire Alan Munden 1991 A history of Christ Church. Pamphlet No. 17 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Godiva's Heritage: Coventry's Industry Albert Smith & David Fry 1997 
The Coventry we have Lost Albert Smith & David Fry 1991 
The Coventry we have Lost - Volume 2 Albert Smith & David Fry 1993 
Coventry: A Century of News Alton Douglas 1991 A Coventry Evening Telegraph publication.
Memories of Coventry Alton Douglas 1987 
Coventry At War Alton Douglas 1983 
Frank Whittle - Invention of the Jet Andrew Nahum 2004 
Moonlight Sonata Arrangement by Tim Lewis 1990 Accounts of the Coventry Blitz 14th/15th November 1940.
Phoenix at Coventry - The Building of a Cathedral Basil Spence 1962 
The History of Coventry Benjamin Poole 1852 Being a concise account of the Ancient Institutions, Customs & Public Buildings of the City, and a Complete Epitome of Modern Changes.'
Coventry: Its History and Antiquities Benjamin Poole 1869 From Authentic Publications, Ancient Manuscripts and Charters, Corporation Records, Original Contributions, etc.
Engineering the Development of Coventry Brian Redknap 2004 Pamphlet No. 26 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Coventry - Its Mediaeval Interest C. J. Ribton-Turner 1930s First Edition
Veterans' Voices Caroline Freeman-Cuerden 2005 
The Story of Whitefriars City of Coventry Leisure Services  
Coventry Up-To Date Commissioned by Hughes & Co. Wine and Spirit Merchants c1894 
The Arts & Windows in Coventry Cathedral Coventry Cathedral Council c1962 
Coventry between the Wars Coventry City Council 1988 Photographs by Arnold Stringer, 1893 - 1988
Far Gosford Street - Historical Notes Coventry City Council 2000 Text & Layout by Mark Singlehurst.
The City we Loved Coventry Corporation 1942 
Coventry: The Tradition of Change and Continuity Coventry Corporation 1966 
Municipal Exhibition 1945 Coventry Corporation 1945 Official Souvenir Handbook for the Exhibition held at the Drill Hall 28th May to 8th June 1945 to celebrate 600 years of Incorporation.
Coventry's Blitz Coventry Evening Telegraph 1990 Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Blitz.
Lady Godiva Daniel Donoghue 2003 A Literary History of the Legend.'
Coventry At War David McGrory 1997 Part of the 'Britain in Old Photographs' series.
Britain in Old Photographs - Coventry David McGrory 1994 
Britain in Old Photographs - Around Coventry David McGrory 1991 
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry David McGrory 2004 
The City of Coventry - Images from the Past David McGrory 1996 
The Wharncliffe Companion to Coventry David McGrory 2008 An A to Z of local history.
A Century of Coventry David McGrory 1999 
Coventry, A History & Celebration David McGrory 2004 Part of the Francis Frith Collection.
The Illustrated History of Coventry's Suburbs David McGrory 2003 
Coventry Past and Present David McGrory 2001 
A History of Coventry David McGrory 2003 
Haunted Coventry David McGrory 2005 
Coventry - History and Guide David McGrory 1993 
The Motor Car Industry in Coventry since the 1890's David Thoms and Tom Donnelly 1985 
Coventry in the 1930's & 40's Deborah Keene 1988 A selection of photographs selected by the author with descriptive comments.
The Sky Blues Derek Henderson 1968 The Story of Coventry City F. C.
Coventry Old and New E. B. Newbold 1974 
Coventry's First Cathedral Edited by George Demidowicz 1994 Essays from the 1993 Anniversary Symposium.
Coventry's Town Wall Eileen Gooder 1971 Coventry & Warwickshire Pamphlet No. 4 - Revised and Enlarged 2nd Edition.
The West Window at Coventry Cathedral English Counties Periodicals Limited c1963 
Cathedral Reborn English Counties Periodicals Ltd 1962 A souvenir publication to commemorate the Reconstruction and Consecration of Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Cameos Eric B. Bramwell 1977 First published 1961.
More Coventry Cameos Eric B. Bramwell 1978 
Old Coventry and Lady Godiva F. B. Burbidge 1952 Being some flowers of Coventry history gathered and arranged.
Coventry - Six Hundred Years of Municipal Life Frederick Smith B.A. F.G.S. 1945 
Coventry Cathedral Chronicle Friends of Coventry Cathedral 1956 Issue 10, 1956.
Francis Frith's West Midlands Frith Book Co. 2000 Photographs from the Francis Frith collection.
King Henry VIII School 1545 - 1945 G. L. Marson & F. H. Metcalf 1945 
Coventry Under Fire G. W. Clitheroe - Vicar of Holy Trinity 1942 2nd Edition, enlargement of 1941 1st edition.
Images of England - Coventry Geoff Barwick 2005 
Wheels Within Wheels Geoffrey Williamson 1966 The story of the Starleys of Coventry.
A Guide to the Buildings of Coventry George Demidowicz 2003 
A History of the Blue Coat School and the Lych Gate Cottages, Coventry George Demidowicz 2000 
Old Tapestry in St. Mary's Hall at Coventry George Scharf, Jun.. Esq., F.S.A. 1856 
Images of England - The City of Coventry Graham Kempster 2004 
Hill's Street Guide of Coventry - With Map Hill's 1936 
Coventry: The Hidden History Iain Soden 2005 
My Life as a Blue Coat Girl Ivy Hylands 2007 Includes on page 38 a photograph of Holy Trinity Church taken by our son, Steven.
A Night in Little Park Street J. B. Shelton 1950 John Bailey Shelton's personal account of the Coventry Blitz.
Guide to the Historic City of Coventry Jarrold Publishing 2000 
Coventry Cathedral - After the Flames Jarrold Publishing 1987 
Mary Dormer Harris - The Life and Works of a Warwickshire Historian Jean Field 2002 
Coventry City, The Elite Era - A Complete Record Jim Brown 1998 
Historic Towns - Coventry Joan C. Lancaster 1974 Part of the 'Historic Towns' series.
Godiva of Coventry Joan C. Lancaster 1967 
St. Mary's Hall, Coventry Joan C. Lancaster CBE FSA 1981 Edited version of the 1948 original.
The Character of Coventry John Ashby 2001 
Coventry: Excavations on the Town Wall 1976-78 John Bateman and Mark Redknap 1986 
The John Gulson Story John E. Short 1978 
Coventry In Camera John H. Drew & Andrew J. Mealey 1985 A selection of photos with descriptions mainly from the 1860's
Shakespeare the Player - A Life in the Theatre John Southworth 2000 
Coventry Cathedral John Thomas 1987 The development and history of Coventry's three cathedrals.
Coventry's Heritage Levi Fox 1957 Enlargement of earlier 1947 book.
A Harvest of History - The life and work of J. B. Shelton M. Rylatt & M. Montes 1998 2nd Edition - 1st was 1982.
The meaning of the Street Names of Coventry Magaret Smedley 2000 
The Archaeology of the Medieval Cathedral and Priory of St. Mary, Coventry Margaret Rylatt & Paul Mason 2003 
The Excavations at Broadgate East, Coventry 1974-75 Margaret Rylatt and Michael A. Stokes 1996 
Some Manors, Churches and Villages of Warwickshire Mary Dormer Harris 1937 
Life in an Old English Town Mary Dormer Harris 1898 
The Story of Coventry Mary Dormer Harris 1911 Part of the 'Mediaeval Towns' series.
Dr. Troughton's Sketches of Old Coventry Mary Dormer Harris c1908 Sketches by Dr. Nathaniel Troughton, Descriptive notes by M. D. Harris.
The Ancient Records of Coventry Mary Dormer Harris 1924 Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 1
Coventry Leet Book Volumes I, II, III & IV Mary Dormer Harris 1913 1971 Reprint of 1907-1913 Leet Transcriptions covering the years 1420 to 1555
True as Coventry Blue Mary Hulton 2000 Pamphlet No. 21 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Coventry - A Geographical Study Members of the Geographical Association 1964 
The Golden Years - The Hippodrome Theatre Coventry Michael J. Newman 1995 
Air Raid Norman Longmate 1976 The bombing of Coventry, 1940.
Warwickshire Painted by Fred Whitehead - Described by Clive Holland 1906 
Incident Closed Phil Consadine 1991 An illustrated history of The Fire Service in Coventry.
Ruined and Rebuilt Provost R. T. Howard 1962 
Guide to Coventry Cathedral Provost R. T. Howard 1954 
The Story of the Destruction of Coventry Cathedral Provost R. T. Howard c1941 Brief 15 page account of the night of the blitz.
The Early History of Coventry R. H. C. Davis 1976 Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 24
Most Secret War R. V. Jones 1978 British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945.
The History of St. Mary's Hall, Coventry Raymond G. Holl 1989 
History of Warwickshire Sam Timmins 1889 Part of the 'Popular County Histories' series.
The History & Antiquities of Warwickshire Sir William Dugdale et al. 1825 Being a Concise Topographical Description of the Different Towns and villages in the County of Warwick...
The Crowning of the King and Queen Stephen King-Hall for Coventry City Council 1937 To the Boys and Girls of Coventry - The Coronation of King George VI, 12th May 1937.
King George V's Silver Jubilee 1910 - 1935 Stephen King-Hall for Coventry City Council 1935 To the Boys and Girls of Coventry.
Anglo Saxon Coventry and its Churches Steven Bassett 2001 Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 41.
The Future Coventry The Corporation of Coventry 1945 Some proposals and suggestions for the Physical Reconstruction and Planning of the City of Coventry.
Coventry: The Ancient City with the Modern Outlook The Corporation of Coventry 1938 14 page guide book.
Coventry Produces... The Coventry Chamber of Commerce 1951 
Coventry's Civil War 1642 - 1660 Trevor John 1994 Pamphlet No. 20 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Nostalgic Coventry True North Books Limited 1999 
The Victoria History of the County of Warwick University of London Institute of Historical Research 1969 Volume VIII - Coventry & Warwick.
Medieval Coventry - A City Divided? University of Warwick Open Studies 1981 Coventry & Warwickshire Pamphlet No. 11.
Coventry as it was Virginia Gilbert 1973 A collection of photographs.
101 Views of Coventry, Rugby, Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick and District W. H. Smith c1910 

 
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