People of Westwood : Reverend Edmund Roy (1803 – 1873) Westwood Church was consecrated in 1844, its first Vicar being appointed...

Feast your eyes on the peaceful, rural idyll that was Tile Hill village back in 1904! The Bell Inn appears on maps in the 19th Century,...

Many of you will be familiar with such local place names as Knights Templars Way and the Templars School. The Knights Templars had strong...

Last week, we looked at the establishment of Stoneleigh Abbey. This week we will see how the grange at Bockendon was developed to become...

Many people are unaware of how far back the history of Westwood Heath stretches. A walk along the two main thoroughfares of Westwood...

Today’s Memory Monday coincides with the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, which ran from 1st September 1939 to 2nd...

Twoweeks ago, we looked at the growing need for a church at Westwood and how that came about, culminating in the laying of the foundation...

Today’s Memory Monday looks back at the foundation of Westwood Church, based in part upon a booklet produced in 1944 to commemorate the...

We are all aware of the current housing shortage in the country and can see the building sites springing up everywhere in the landscape...

Today's "Memory Monday" is all about Westwood School. The Westwood School (now the Greek Orthodox Church) was built by the Leigh family...

Sydney Bunney (1877-1928) For today’s Memory Monday I wanted to share some works from a little-known Coventry artist, Sydney Bunney. Not...

Thank you to Jon Sheppard for the suggestion for this week’s topic. He asked about the origins of Gibbet Hill Road, the location of the...

May Day Memory Monday In today’s Memory Monday, we take a look back at images from the 1960s and much further into the past at the...

This week's Memory Monday is a "Then & Now" look at Westwood Heath Road. The 1960s image of the road was kindly shared by Les Parsons a...

For today’s Memory Monday we aren’t going back too far - just to the 1980s when Coventry City Council was looking to find a suitable...

For today’s Memory Monday get your passports – and time machines - ready! We are going over the current Westwood Heath boundary to old...

In today’s Memory Monday we take a look at resident, Roland “Roly” Powers and his rather unusual claims to fame both locally and...

Time to take a trip down memory lane today in the first of regular “Memory Monday” posts from the Westwood Heath History Group. If you...