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Scheduled monuments in Coventry

Index Scheduled monuments in Coventry

There are ten scheduled monuments in Coventry. [1]

44 relations: Allesley, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, Baron Hastings, Battlement, Binley, Coventry, Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School, Caludon Castle, Causeway, Charles Blacker Vignoles, Charles II of England, Cheylesmore, Common Era, Coombe Abbey, Coventry, Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School, Coventry city walls, Dissolution of the Monasteries, English Civil War, English Heritage, Fillongley, Grade I listed buildings in Coventry, Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry, History of Coventry, Horseley Ironworks, Lady Godiva, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Listed building, Metropolitan borough, Motte-and-bailey castle, National Heritage Act, Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey National Grid, Oxford Canal, River Sherbourne, Scheduled monument, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Spon End, St. Mary's Priory and Cathedral, The Charterhouse, Coventry, Thomas Broke, Tipton, Vignoles Bridge, West Midlands (county), Wyken.

Allesley

Allesley is a suburban village and civil parish in the City of Coventry metropolitan borough, West Midlands, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Coventry city centre.

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Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or AMAAA was a law passed by the UK government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of England & Wales and Scotland.

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Baron Hastings

Baron Hastings is a title that has been created three times.

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Battlement

A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

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Binley, Coventry

Binley is a suburb in the east of Coventry, England.

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Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School

Bishop Ullathorne RC School was established in Coventry, England, in 1953 and in 2006 it was awarded specialist status as a Humanities College.

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Caludon Castle

Caludon Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building in Coventry, in the West Midlands of England.

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Causeway

In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway on top of an embankment usually across a broad body of water or wetland.

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Charles Blacker Vignoles

Charles Blacker Vignoles (31 May 1793 – 17 November 1875) was an influential British railway engineer, and eponym of the Vignoles rail.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Cheylesmore

Cheylesmore is a suburb in the southern half of the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England.

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Common Era

Common Era or Current Era (CE) is one of the notation systems for the world's most widely used calendar era – an alternative to the Dionysian AD and BC system.

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Coombe Abbey

Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from a historic grade I listed building and former country house.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School

The Blue Coat Church of England School is a secondary school and sixth form located in Coventry, England.

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Coventry city walls

Coventry's city walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the city of Coventry in England.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Fillongley

Fillongley is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.

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Grade I listed buildings in Coventry

There are 19 Grade I listed buildings in the City of Coventry.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry

There are 25 Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Coventry.

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History of Coventry

This article is about the history of Coventry, a city in the West Midlands, England.

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Horseley Ironworks

The Horseley Ironworks (sometimes spelled Horsley and Iron Works) was a major ironworks in the Tipton area in the county of Staffordshire, now the West Midlands, England.

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Lady Godiva

Godiva, Countess of Mercia (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants.

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Leofric, Earl of Mercia

Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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National Heritage Act

National Heritage Act is a stock short title used in Malaysia and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to national heritage.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Ordnance Survey National Grid

The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used in Great Britain, distinct from latitude and longitude.

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Oxford Canal

The Oxford Canal is a narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Bedworth (between Coventry and Nuneaton on the Coventry Canal) via Banbury and Rugby.

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River Sherbourne

The River Sherbourne is a river that flows under the centre of the city of Coventry, in the West Midlands, in England.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, or informally Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Spon End

Spon End is a suburb of Coventry, England.

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St. Mary's Priory and Cathedral

St Mary's Priory and Cathedral was a religious institution in Coventry, England, founded in the 12th century by transformation of the former monastery of St Mary, and destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 16th century.

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The Charterhouse, Coventry

The Charterhouse, Coventry (also known as St. Anne's Priory, Coventry) is a grade I listed building on London Road, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England.

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Thomas Broke

Thomas Broke or Brooke (fl. 1550), translator, was an alderman of Calais, the chief clerk of the exchequer and customer there at the time when the preaching of William Smith at Our Lady's Church in that town led many persons, and Broke among them, to adopt 'reformed' opinions.

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Tipton

Tipton is a town in the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census.

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Vignoles Bridge

Vignoles Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the City of Coventry in the West Midlands of England.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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Wyken

Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke and Walsgrave, three miles northeast of Coventry city centre.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_monuments_in_Coventry

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