Coventry Now & Then
n these pages I have attempted to stand in the footprints of photographers who pictorially documented our City of Coventry many decades ago. Wherever possible I have tried to recreate the same direction and perspective that is recorded in the original shots, so that a direct comparison can be made between the views that we now recognise and those seen by our ancestors.
For the benefit of those of you not familiar with all the places on these pages, I have placed links next to each Heading labelled Camera No. 1, 2, etc., which will take you to a Google map showing the location and direction that each photograph was taken from. Clicking the corresponding camera icon will pop up a link back to the page.
1. Arts School, Ford Street2. Bishop Street Post Office3. Bishop Street, looking north4. Bishop Street, looking south5. Blue Coat School & ruins6. Broadgate from Hertford Street7. Broadgate from Holy Trinity Church8. Burges from Bishop Street9. Burges from Cross Cheaping10. Burton's in Blitzed Broadgate11. Butcher Row, Great12. Butcher Row, Little13. Cheylesmore Manor House14. Coat of Arms Bridge15. Cook Street gate16. Council House17. Cox Street18. Far Gosford Street19. Fire Station, Hales Street20. Fleet Street21. Ford's Hospital22. Golden Cross & Pepper Lane23. Greyfriars Lane24. The Grove25. Guildhall & 22 Bayley Lane26. Hales Street27. Hales Street to Corporation Street28. Herbert Art Gallery & Museum29. Hertford Street30. Hertford Street from Broadgate31. High Street aerial view32. High Street from Broadgate33. High Street from Earl Street34. Hill Street, Bablake & Bond's35. Hippodrome, New36. Hippodrome, Old37. Humber Motor Works38. Ironmonger Row39. Jordan Well & Earl Street40. Jordan Well & Gosford Street41. Kenilworth Road42. Leamington Road43. Much Park Street44. Naul's Mill Park45. Old Rope Walk46. Opera House, Hales Street47. Palace Yard48. Pool Meadow from Priory Street49. Precinct & Old Coventry aerial view50. Precinct, upper51. Precinct, west view52. Priory Row53. Priory Street, lower end54. Priory Street, upper end55. Queen Victoria Road flood of 190056. Railway Station - the platform57. Railway Station, Eaton Road58. Smithford Way59. Spon End arches60. Spon Street flood of 190061. St. John's Church, Fleet Street62. St. Michael's Avenue63. St. Michael's ruins64. St. Michael's spire from Pepper Lane65. Stoke Green & Pool66. Swanswell Gate67. Swanswell Pool68. Swimming Baths, Priory Street69. Trinity Church aerial view70. Trinity Lane & the Free Library71. Trinity Lane from Priory Row72. Trinity Street aerial view73. Trinity Street from Broadgate74. Trinity Street from Hales Street75. War Memorial Park76. Warwick Road77. Warwick Row, Hertford St & Warwick Lane78. Well Street from Hales Street79. West Orchard80. Wheatley Street Schools
For those of you with JavaScript enabled on your computer (most should be), I've made some of the photos a 2-in-1 picture. Some will require a mouse-click to fade-in and fade-out - others will change when the mouse is held over the image. I've explained which is necessary by each one.
In a similar vein to these pages you can compare scenes of Coventry from the days before cameras were around in
Engraved Coventry.
