Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 31 of 38 Mon 24th Sep 2018 7:22pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 Nice one Anne. Stan must have been as addicted to old Coventry as us - more so. |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 32 of 38 Wed 27th Feb 2019 9:52am : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1608 Rosie: View from Priory Halls
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 33 of 38 Fri 1st Nov 2019 10:57am : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1608 Staircase in St Mary's Priory
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 34 of 38 Fri 1st Nov 2019 8:29pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 Two nice images Prof. Don't know how I missed the one before. A great view for putting parts of the city into the rest of the cityscape. ![]() |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 35 of 38 Sat 27th Mar 2021 2:29pm : Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3362 In the 11th century Leofric, Earl of Chester, son of Ealdorman, husband of Countess Godiva, came to Coventry. The place was in ruins from the destruction by King Cnut of the Vikings, the small nunnery had been destroyed in 1016, so Leofric began to rebuild it as a Benedictine priory with a small wooden church. When he died in 1057 he was buried in the grounds and so was his wife. But almost a century went by, a new group rebuilt and added to it - new language, new religion, new name. They now called it St Mary's Priory. |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 36 of 38 Fri 29th Apr 2022 9:37pm Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 From various comments I've made about St Mary's, you'll know that I (and others eg Linda Monckton) have a theory that the central spire might have sat on an octagonal tower. The sketch by Smyth certainly peaked my interest on the matter. This version of the image even has shading on the third wall. The other towers have at most 4 pinnacles (pointy things) but the mystery tower has at least 7. So assuming 1 is hidden or fell off, what shape would need 8 rather than 4?
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member Thread starter | 37 of 38 Sun 1st May 2022 11:47am Moderator, : Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:3138 Sorry, more thoughts based on wild speculation.
If the spires and maybe even the main body of the roof were made of less durable materials than stone, I wonder if it required more constant repair? Faced with a decaying cathedral and without the Catholic Church's income, it might be another reason why the city chose not to buy it off Henry VIII? |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 38 of 38 Sun 1st May 2022 7:10pm : Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1608 Unlike Tewkesbury where the town bought their Abbey but were not allowed to keep the Lady Chapel original. Of course they do have one inside and the one they lost is marked out on the lawns with markers. |
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