Memory Mondays 3/3

Mar 26, 20203 min read

The Vicar on a White Pony

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

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Mar 20, 20201 min read

Then & Now: The Bell Inn

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,...

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Mar 20, 20202 min read

Knights Templars at Westwood Heath

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

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Dec 10, 20193 min read

BOCKENDON GRANGE PART 2

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

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Dec 2, 20194 min read

BOCKENDON GRANGE – PART 1

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

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Sep 2, 20192 min read

Memorial and Nurse's Home

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

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Aug 12, 20192 min read

Westwood Church Part Two

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...

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Jul 29, 20193 min read

Westwood Church Part One

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

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Jul 15, 20194 min read

Squatter Cottages

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

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Jul 1, 20193 min read

Westwood School

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

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Jun 24, 20192 min read

Sidney Bunney

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

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Jun 17, 20193 min read

Tales of hangmen

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...

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May 6, 20192 min read

Maypole dancing

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...

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Apr 29, 20191 min read

Then and now

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...

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Apr 22, 20192 min read

Westwood Business Park

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...

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Apr 15, 20192 min read

Fletchamstead

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

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Apr 8, 20191 min read

"Roly" Powers

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

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Apr 1, 20193 min read

Memory Lane...

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...

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