History and record of updates to Historic Coventry
from 2002 - 2005
------------ 2002 ------------ May 2002 24th Family Website first published as www.roborland.co.uk, (now relocated at https://orlandfamily.co.uk) including a page on COVENTRY July 2002 7th Old Cathedral page added 7th New Cathedral page added 12th Animated Street map added 19th Interactive Street maps added 29th Time-Team dig photos added August 2002 11th Street maps improved 24th Coventry Street animation improved 29th Personal views added to the Coventry page September 2002 6th Style Sheets used for the first time 7th Site Map added 10th City Gates page added 10th Around Coventry page added 10th Interactive Maps updated to link to photo's 11th Text added to the "Around the City" page 19th Text added to the "City Gates" page 23rd More text and photo's added to the "Around the City" page 25th More "Click-links" added to Coventry maps 27th Changed colour schemes on sub-pages 28th Text and photo's added to the "Around the City" page 30th Changes to Coventry and City Gates pages October 2002 10th Minor design and text alterations 26th Revised page names for easier indexing 26th Added 1900 photo to Old Cathedral page and re-arranged layout November 2002 1st Indexes added to New Cathedral and Around Town pages 2nd Index added to Coventry page 3rd Map background added to Coventry page 3rd More photos and information on City Gates page and Map links updated 7th Around Coventry page split into 3 pages for quicker loading 7th Cheylesmore Manor House added to the above pages 8th City Gates page split into 2 pages for quicker loading 14th Small photos added to Coventry main page 16th Included Coat of Arms on the Home page 17th Split "Around Coventry" section into 4 pages 21st Included surviving city wall in modern day map 22nd More Coventry information added 25th Altered the City Wall page to correct part of the route. 27th Gst Bk introduced 30th Third City Wall page added for Cox St wall December 2002 1st More information and photo's added to City Wall pages 1st Spon Street photo added to Around Town page 3rd Location aiding "Mini-maps" added to Around Town pages 4th City wall pages updated with information and Mini-maps 7th Maps updated with more accurate city wall position 7th New map added showing the city wall superimposed in the present day. 8th Included Gosford gate in City Wall page 16th Added link about Coventry's Celtic past on Coventry page 21st Changed buttons to themed colours 26th Maps adjusted to show the exact route of the city wall 30th Scale corrections made to all maps ------------ ^ 2002 ^ ------------ 2003 ------------ January 2003 13th Credits and sources added to Map pages 24th Coventry page reorganised February 2003 5th Notes added to the "Around Town" page 21st Changed all web-pages to new "rounded edge" theme March 2003 7th Coventry becoming a city, info. added 8th More Coventry stuff added 10th Alterations to Coventry and Map pages 17th More Coventry page changes 18th New Coventry "Now and Then" page launched 19th Now and Then material added 20th More Now and Then material added 23rd Coventry page alterations 25th Info. added to "Now and Then" and map correction 29th Additions to the Old Cathedral page April 2003 7th Logo's added to the Web-Links page 10th Coventry boundary maps added 13th Railway added to Coventry boundary maps 13th New "Historic Coventry" picture logo on home page 17th Old Cathedral page updated 18th New photo's and info. added to cathedral pages 19th Photo's and info. added to City Wall pages 20th New "Now and Then" page added and more photo's 21st "Unknown Ruin" added to Around Cov pages 21st Gate names added to "Wall in 2000" map 23rd Another "Now and Then" page 30th Cook Street gate added to "Now and Then" May 2003 9th The Old Rope Walk added to "Now and Then" 14th 1932 Map updated to 1937 to include Trinity Street 14th All Maps altered to correct the line of Ironmonger Row 19th Page 6 started on "Now and Then" 24th Changed main Coventry page title from "Old" to "Historic" June 2003 4th Launched "HISTORIC COVENTRY" website as a new domain - www.historiccoventry.co.uk 5th Edits and additions to the main Coventry page 9th About Me page added 15th Made separate "Historic Coventry" Email Contact page 19th Well Street overlay photo added to "Now and Then" 22nd More photos added to "Now and Then" 24th Page transitions & numbers clarified July 2003 6th More photo's added to "Now & Then" 7th Photo's & information added to "Now & Then" 11th Photo's & information added to Old & New Cathedral pages 16th More information added to the New Cathedral page 17th Yet more information and another photo added to the New Cathedral page 30th 5 more photos and information added to the "Now and Then" section August 2003 10th Map added showing where the Now and Then photos were taken from September 2003 3rd Changes to text styles in the Personal Pages 21st Text changes and photo added to "About Me" page 23rd Correction to 2000 map 29th Re-sorted Buttons October 2003 1st Information and photo added to Cathedral pages 8th A to Z Index page added to aid finding things 9th Index page expanded 19th Redrew 1610 to 1937 maps for clearer street names and faster loading 22nd Redrew 2000 & City Wall maps 23rd Redrew Now & Then Photomap 29th Added more "origin of name" information to main page 30th Resorted buttons and subdirectories November 2003 2nd Added 1355 Map and early information 8th Modified Style Sheets for compatibility with Netscape browsers 9th Sorted the Links page into sub-categories 9th Correction made to the 1355 map 14th Alteration to the plan of St. Mary's priory on the 1355 map 20th Stained Glass photos added to Old Cathedral page 20th Some photos of St. Mary's Hall exchanged for better ones on Tour page 22nd Information added about the stained glass windows in the Old Cathedral page 23rd Style Sheets streamlined and some colours altered December 2003 2nd More corrections made to the 1355 and 1610 maps 5th Animation added showing the building of the City Wall 5th Information about the City Wall added and other minor corrections 6th Pictures on Main page improved 8th Animation of Wallbuilding improved 12th Four photos and information about Holy Trinity added to Tour page 14th Enabled User Selectable Style Sheets in various themes 16th Refinements made to Styles 19th Further refinements made to Styles 21st Alterations and photos added to City Wall and Tour pages 23rd Ammendments to City Wall page and Maps 26th More information added to Main page 26th Green "style" added 29th Town Wall photos at Well St and Main page info. added 30th Added Lychgate Cottages and Georgian house to Tour Pages ------------ ^ 2003 ^ ------------ 2004 ------------ January 2004 1st Photos and info. added to Old Cathedral & Tour pages 2nd "Coventry the capital" added to the Main page 2nd Photos and information added to Tour pages 3 & 4 9th Text addition to Main page 11th Photo changes to Town Wall page 3 12th Gold and Blue style added 27th Grammatical corrections and changes to Main page wording. February 2004 1st Manor House & Fords photos changed 4th Now and Then page 7 added and A-Z updated 5th Links added to Maps 7th Photo and info. added to Old Cathedral page 7th Photo Gallery added for Cathedrals 10th Small addition to "Coventry as a city" on Main page 11th Painting added to Main page and A-Z index updated 12th Shortened the name for the "aroundtown" pages to "tour" 12th Added "zoomed-in" photo for Kenilworth Road 13th Added "Dropped Capitals" for the first time 13th Sorted the Style Sheets into a separate directory 15th Replaced the buttons with shiny ones! 16th Made the watercolour painting on the main page into a "click map" 18th Now and Then page 8 added 22nd Gst Bk, Personal page and Links sorted into a "Common" directory 25th Added the River Sherbourne to the 1610 Map 25th Launched a separate History page 27th Gate illustrations added to City Wall pages March 2004 5th Placed Spire graphic into the Old Cathedral page margin 22nd Added River Sherbourne onto 1749, 1807, 1851, 1900, 1937 & 2000 Maps 23rd Photo Gallery included for Historic Tour pages 24th More photos added to Tour Photo Gallery 25th Added the "Dissolution of the Monasteries" to the History page 27th Extra "Dissolution" information added 29th Minor info. added about Lychgate Cottages & photo added to Cathedral Gallery 30th Some "demolished" dates added to City Wall page April 2004 6th Made the city gates drawings "rough edged". 7th "Your Memories" page launched with Eric Over's photos 9th Added link to Memories page from all other pages 10th Added Coventry "Bibliography" to the foot of the Main page 11th Some new "Tour" photos added 14th Brian Rowstrons section added to "Your Memories" 14th 3d effect given to Logo and Arms on Home and Main pages 16th Gosford gate and Sherbourne hyperlinks added to 1610 and 200 maps 17th Possible original route of the City Wall shown on maps 18th Coat of Arms and Logo enhanced 19th Photo and info added to Memories page 20th Links to all City Gates added to 2000 "Wall Map" 26th Spon Street Photo Gallery added 29th Another cathedral gallery photo added 30th Style Sheets streamlined for simplicity using "Persistent" style May 2004 4th Bibliography updated - Coventry Under Fire 11th Stage-by-stage aerial photos of precinct added to Now and Then page 1 11th Bibliography updated - Coventry's Town Wall 16th Giles Gilbert Scott's design and explanation added to New Cathedral page 18th New Chapel of Unity photo on New Cathedral page 18th Photo and information about Sir Basil Spence added to New Cathedral page 24th "Rubble in the Ruins" photo added to Now and Then page 4 27th Interactive Boundary Maps combined into one webpage 28th Added "All Boundaries" page for non-Java script visitors 31st Split the Gst Bk into separate years June 2004 3rd "Cofantreo" better explained 5th New "montage" style Main & Tour Page titles 6th New "montage" style titles added to some other pages 7th New "montage" style titles added to remaining pages 11th Updates to the Contents page 11th Bibliography updated - Coventry as it was 17th Minor information added to "Spon Street" on Tour page 21st Parkside photo added to Town Wall page 22nd History page amended - "Coventry as a City" details corrected 25th Information about the New Star pub added to Memories page 27th Trinity Spire photo added to Tour Gallery 30th Added new St. Mary's Priory and Cathedral page and Cathedral index page July 2004 2nd Priory Interactive links added to 1610 and 2000 maps 3rd Street Animation re-done (Hopefully improved.) 4th Archaeological finds added to St. Mary's page 20th Updated photo for Priory Street Now and Then 25th Text and image corrections to some pages 25th "Starry Night" colour scheme added 26th Correction made to 1937 map (Whitefriars Lane added) 29th Swanswell Pool added to Now and Then and relevant links from Maps 29th A to Z "jump links" added to Contents page 31st Information about Godiva added to History page August 2004 1st Added explanation of the "bent pilars" to the Old Cathedral page 1st Added a video clip of the Bells Ringing to the Old Cathedral page 8th Added a 1951 Street Map to show the beginning of post-war development 8th Corrected 1937 Map to include Bablake Street & Fretton Street 12th Events page added 14th Replaced unreliable Andale counters with "Webcounter" by www.digits.com 15th "Coventry's beginnings" added to the History page 17th Naiad photos added to Tour Gallery 19th Page 9 introduced for Now and Then 20th Godiva Procession added to the Events page 22nd Now and Then expanded - Coat of Arms Bridge and Coventry Station 23rd Coat of Arms Bridge memories added to the "Your Memories" page 23rd Altered the top of every page with a full width logo 24th Rounded the corners of the title header 27th Rounded the corners of the Gallery pages 30th 1968 Street Map added showing a partially completed Ring Road 30th Explanation of maps expanded on the Main page 31st Pedestrianised Areas indicated on Post-war maps September 2004 3rd Link added to our son Steven's NEW WEBSITE full of his own photographs - steve.historiccoventry.co.uk 12th Added a better photo of the old cathedral ruins 13th Two new photos of inside St. John's church plus more information 16th Added the "Doom" painting to the Holy Trinity section 19th Added a full size photo of the Doom painting 26th Added some new music clips and lengthened the older ones on the Personal page 26th More photos and info. of excavations from St. Mary's priory added, including the Apocalypse painting 30th Corrections made to some facts on the Old Cathedral page October 2004 2nd Site Map updates 11th The Council House added to the Tour Pages 23rd "Drop-Capitals" resized for better fit 25th Added "Message" feature to Gst Bk for failed emails November 2004 1st Added more Great Butcher Row photos on Now & Then page 2 2nd New website section added - "Post-War Reconstruction" 19th Broadgate chapter added to the reconstruction pages 25th A little more information on post-war Broadgate. 26th Post-war page enlarged and Centre Plan added 28th Post-war redevelopment pages completed (for now) 29th Links added and minor page changes made December 2004 3rd Information about the building of Christchurch added to Tour page 2 8th Mandy given her OWN WEBSITE - mandy.historiccoventry.co.uk 21st "A City of Two Halves?" section added to the History page 23rd Small pictures added to jolly up the History page! 24th History page endowed by Queen Isabella 26th Market photo added to Post-War page 3 29th Lichfield photos plus others added to Cathedral Gallery & St. Mary's page ------------ ^ 2004 ^ ------------ 2005 ------------ January 2005 2nd Reorganised subfolders - included Steve & Mandy in Cov folder 7th High Street east view added to Now & Then page 9 8th Information about Lychgate Cottages updated 10th Information about buildings added to the Spon Street Gallery 23rd Another photo added to the Spon Street Gallery 24th And another photo added to the Spon Street Gallery 24th Precinct Westwards and Spon Street 1900 Flood added to Now and Then page 10 27th Incorporated the Gst Bk into the Coventry folder 28th Incorporated the Links page into the Coventry folder 30th Moved www.historiccoventry.co.uk to its own server February 2005 1st Two engravings added to the City Wall page 3 6th Added "AutoForm" feature to send Gst Bk entries via HTML 10th 1817 engraving of Spon Gate added to City Wall page 3 11th Added script to make all pages virtually "Printer Friendly" 15th Site Search added 21st Better quality old Trinity Lane photo added to Now and Then page 6 25th Improved ruins photos on the Old Cathedral page 25th Site Search boxes added to other pages 26th Complete Cascading Style Sheet overhaul 27th Photo changes in Now and Then March 2005 3rd Hertford Street added to Now and Then page 2 3rd Priory Street Swimming Baths added to new Now and Then page 10 7th Made the Scroll Bars match the colour shcemes in CSS 11th Reduced the size of larger graphics and moved map images to ntl server 16th Moved virtually all jpegs to ntl server and re-indexed images on relevant pages 16th Put all maps onto one page with "Mouseover" selection 19th Broadgate Special page added to Now and Then section 24th Launched the new 'Buy Prints of Historic Coventry' website 25th Fire Escape Ladder and other information added to Broadgate Now and Then page 27th Added some Now and Then photos to sell on 'Buy Prints' site April 2005 2nd Information about the War Requiem and a new photo added to the New Cathedral page 5th References and links to Prints website added to several pages 10th Extra bits of information added to the Broadgate page 13th Alternative separate maps added for folk without javascript 13th More information about Whitefriars added to Tour page 4 18th West Orchard and Smithford Way added to Now and Then page 10 20th Added "Effects" page to the Buy Prints website 21st New photo added to the Broadgate Now and Then page 24th Aerial Photo added to the Coventry Maps page 25th Some map objects rescaled for accuracy 25th Altered the Index Page - added St. Michael's Background & Hidden Title May 2005 8th Added "magnified" images & links to the main page watercolour painting 21st Made all font sizes scalable in the Style Sheets to aid those with visual impairments 26th Added some city gate engravings to the Wall pages 30th Updated some County information on the History page June 2005 21st Added BBC Radio 4 link on the Main page 29th Added a Now & Then page to Steven's website 29th Made all fonts scalable for accessibility on Steven's website July 2005 2nd Altered the "Gst Bk Thank You" page to include a "Buy Prints" link 10th More photo pairs added to Steven's Now and Then page 17th Four photos updated in the City Wall pages 19th Embedded more CSS into headers for easier editing 20th Updated some missing streets on 1851 to 1951 maps 21st Changed "rounded corner" tables for CSS divs on the History page 22nd More CSS updates - some tables removed 23rd All other pages recoded with CSS 24th CSS update completed (I think) 25th Ford's Hospital added to Now and Then page 10 26th Page 2 added to Your Memories section - Muriel Wells 27th Priory Mill Dam added to Now and Then page 10 28th Corrected the line of Ironmonger Row on the 2000 map 29th Magnified and extra photos for "Down the Burges" Now and Then page 2 30th Form added to Contact page as an email alternative August 2005 9th Added a Broadgate button to all pages 9th New Butcher Row postcard image on Now and Then page 2 9th New early 1900s Broadgate photo added to Broadgate page 9th "Morning after" photo of the Ruins added to Old Cathedral page 9th Links added to this page for easier locating of changes 10th New stained glass window photos added to the Old Cathedral page 11th County Court photo added to Tour page 3 11th Path of parts of the Ring Road corrected on Maps 11th Boundary Maps updated to include Coventry's further growth by 2004 12th Added a STEET INDEX for the year 2000 map 13th Made all the individual maps interactive 14th Cleaned up CSS code to avoid some conflicts in Netscape 14th Bibliography page seperated from the Main page 16th More Trinity Lane photos added to Now and Then page 6 20th Two new pages added to Mandy's website 24th Brighter Coat of Arms image & St. Michael's church on Home Page September 2005 7th New Main page built with animated descriptive boxes 8th Main page montage adapted for all colour schemes 9th Updated and added more information to the History page 15th Added a section on the coat of arms and Coventry's motto to the History page 18th Two more photos and information added to the New Cathedral page 18th Two more pictures and information added to the Broadgate page 24th Humber Works on fire photo added to Now and Then page 3 28th "Coventry Rose" poem by Neville Macaulife added to the Cathedral section. October 2005 3rd Old Priory Row photo add to the Butcher Row part of Now and Then page 2 3rd Different Railway Station photo added to Now and Then page 9 4th Corrected the position of Greyfriars Gate on the City Wall map 4th Improved the operation of the Boundary Maps 5th Bibliography page updated 13th Golden Cross & Pepper Lane added to Now and Then page 8 20th Information about the Lych Gate cottages updated on Tour page 3 25th Broadgate Blitz Animation added to Broadgate Now and Then page 27th Wyley Chapel photo and information added to the Old Cathedral page 27th More information about the possible origins of Coventry's name 30th New Heritage Weekend 2005 page added to Steven's website November 2005 10th Explanations about the growth of Coventry's streets added to Maps page 17th More information about Coventry Theatre on Now and Then page 8 18th Gulson Free Library added to Now and Then page 6 18th More photo comparisons of Butcher Row and surroundings on Now and Then page 2 19th Ironmonger Row added to Now and Then page 10 December 2005 5th Reworded part of the "About Me" page 13th Added a photo and information about old Bablake School on Tour page 1 13th 1812 Engraving added to 22 Bayley Lane on Tour page 3 ------------ ^ 2005 ^ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Updates from 2022 to present Updates from 2015 to 2021 Updates from 2012 to 2014 Updates from 2009 to 2011 Updates from 2006 to 2008 Updates from 2002 to 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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