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Some History of our Town Wall....
Introduction - Building of the Wall The 12 Gates of our Town Wall Tour of our Town Wall remains.... Swanswell Gate Lady Herbert's Garden & City Wall Cook Street Gate Bishop Gate Watch Tower near Lamb Street Wall at Well Street Well Street Gate Hill Street Gate Wall at Bond's Hospital Wall at Fleet Street Spon Gate Greyfriars Gate Cheylesmore Gate Little Park Gate New Gate Wall at Gulson Road Gosford Gate Wall near Cox Street Mill Lane Gate Wall around Pool Meadow City Wall overlaid onto present day Coventry |
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rom the base of the Bishop Street footbridge you can head westwards towards Birmingham along a pathway parallel to the ring road, and after a hundred yards or so you will pass the quite substantial remains of a square watch tower, acompanied by another surviving section of the wall.
The next segment of our Town Wall is only just over 100 metres further on....
Continuing past the tower, down some steps and across Lamb Street there is a footpath near the Salvation Army building, where a length of city wall can still be viewed behind the Coventry Telegraph office.
This photo on the left was taken by our son Steven, and clearly shows the remains of the semi-circular bastion as you approach the wall.
The watch tower would obviously have been much higher 400 years ago, and would've given advance warning of armies advancing from the north-west, as well as enabling the city defenders to fire at the enemy in several directions.
Following the wall along, it can be seen that at this end of the remains, the last yard or so of wall takes a turn towards Upper Well Street.
It is at this point that Well Street gate would have stood, (illustrated by David Hales, above left) and from here the wall continued along the northern edge of what is now Bond Street, ending at Hill Street Gate two hundred yards further on.
City Wall & Tower near Lamb Street
rom the base of the Bishop Street footbridge you can head westwards towards Birmingham along a pathway parallel to the ring road, and after a hundred yards or so you will pass the quite substantial remains of a square watch tower, acompanied by another surviving section of the wall.
Wall & Bastion near Well Street
The next segment of our Town Wall is only just over 100 metres further on....
Continuing past the tower, down some steps and across Lamb Street there is a footpath near the Salvation Army building, where a length of city wall can still be viewed behind the Coventry Telegraph office.
This photo on the left was taken by our son Steven, and clearly shows the remains of the semi-circular bastion as you approach the wall.
The watch tower would obviously have been much higher 400 years ago, and would've given advance warning of armies advancing from the north-west, as well as enabling the city defenders to fire at the enemy in several directions.
Well Street Gate
Following the wall along, it can be seen that at this end of the remains, the last yard or so of wall takes a turn towards Upper Well Street.
It is at this point that Well Street gate would have stood, (illustrated by David Hales, above left) and from here the wall continued along the northern edge of what is now Bond Street, ending at Hill Street Gate two hundred yards further on.
Next we arrive at Hill Street Gate, and view some small sections of wall from Bond's Hospital through to Spon Street
Bishop Gate < - Lamb Street Wall to Hill Street Gate - > Hill Street Gate to Spon Gate
Click here to see the exact route of the complete wall overlaid onto a present day map.
Click here to see the exact route of the complete wall overlaid onto a present day map.
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This page last updated on 22nd November 2009