Author: Mary Dormer HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administration of estates
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Ancient Records of Coventry
Author: Mary Dormer HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administration of estates
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Coventry Climax Racing Engines
Author: Des HammillPublisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781787110434
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The result of extensive research, here is the definitive development history of Coventry Climax racing engines: the first British engines to power Formula One World Championship-winning cars. Des Hamill, an engineer, describes the innovative nature of these wonderful engines, and how racing engine technology advanced through an important era of motorsport. The comments and anecdotes of those who were there give a real insight to life at Coventry Climax before its takeover by Jaguar in 1963. The author was given free access to Walter Hassan’s papers; he also managed to track down and interview all of the surviving key players from the company’s motor racing heyday (four World Championship wins).
A History of Coventry
Author: David McGroryPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750997664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
The author, well known as the writer of more books on the city than anyone, explores Coventry's history from Roman times through Earl Leofric, Godiva and the Norman castle, to monastic houses, including St Mary's priory. Coventry has a rich medieval heritage, and rose to power in the Wars of the Roses, when the royal court moved there. Major themes in the city's history are discussed, through previously unknown source material, covering the Siege and Civil War, education, health, the church, crime and punishment, and industries from medieval weaving to modern car-building.
The Little History of Coventry
Author: Peter WaltersPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750992816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Little History Of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians, but has often been at the heart of this country's great events. From the testing ground of the saintly Godiva to fourteenth-century boom town, from Second World War Blitz victim to the next UK City of Culture, Coventry has always been an inventive place with an unerring ability to bounce back from misfortune and make its mark. This is a truly eye-opening journey through the events and characters that have shaped its story and made the city one of England's hidden jewels.
Coventry's Bicycle Heritage
Author: Damien KimberleyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750951680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Coventry has a remarkable bicycle manufacturing heritage. From the first velocipedes built in 1868, the city went on to become the home of the British Cycle Industry, and at one time produced the greatest output of cycles in the world – with well in excess of 350 individual cycle manufacturers over a 100 year period.The Coventry Machinists’ Company were the first in Britain to mass produce cycles, and steadily, more and more companies were established in the city. Soon Coventry became internationally recognised as being a place where only the very best machines were made, and the name ‘Coventry’ itself became a stamp of quality engineering and fine craftsmanship.Richly illustrated with 100 outstanding photographs from The Coventry Transport Museum, many previously unpublished, this is the first book of its kind to cover the history of Coventry bicycle manufacture and the men who built them. From Dunlop, Hobart, Singer, Premier, Rover, and Triumph to other less well known local companies, their legacies are still enjoyed by cyclists today.
The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry, Selected from Ancient Records of the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time; Containing a Concise Description of the Public Buildings, Forming a Complete Coventry Guide ... With an Abstract of the New Boundary Bill, Etc
Author: Henry William HAWKESChildren's History of Coventry
Author: Ann EvansPublisher:
ISBN: 9781849931502
Category : Coventry (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
When was the first penny-farthing built? Who was Boudicca? What was the 'gyrus' used for? This title will uncover the important and exciting things that happened in your town.
Report on the Ancient Records in the Possession of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist in the City of London
Author: Henry Lennox HopkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Coventry
Author: Reginald W. IngramPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719008375
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Coventry
Author: Helen HumphreysPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393067200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
On the night of the Luftwaffe's devastating bombing of Coventry, two women traverse the city and transform their hearts.