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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Medieval Coventry trustee Mark Webb has been shortlisted from hundreds of nominees as a finalist for the Historic England Angel Awards in the category: Best Heritage Research, Interpretation or Recording. Founded by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Awards are co-funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and Heritage England and recognise and celebrate those who are…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Painting of the tapestry at St Mary’s Hall by George Scharf, 1855. Queen Margaret is in the bottom right panel. ‘Justicia’ has been blanked out, which is a post-medieval amendment. Credit: With kind permission of The Society of Antiquaries of London, photograph by Ken Walton[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Royal Women of Influence exhibition at the Drapers’ Hall was…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is culminating in an exhibition: Royal Women of Influence in Medieval Coventry: Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou The exhibition is sponsored by the Coventry City of Culture Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund. This is also an opportunity to see inside historic Drapers’ Hall, which is not normally open to the public.…

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Leicester University is championing the part that Mark Webb has played in raising the profile of the medieval city during Coventry’s bid to become City of Culture 2021. Mark, a trustee of Medieval Coventry, is a postgraduate researcher from the university’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History. Mark is also a board member of the…

Medieval Coventry is delighted to be involved in this exciting new project approved last week. The transfer of the portfolio of heritage assets by Coventry City Council to Historic Coventry Trust has been lauded by heritage agency Historic England as by far the largest and most ambitious in the UK to date. In total there…

Medieval Coventry welcomes this exciting news, and is now working with the bid team to ensure the city’s medieval treasures are given the attention they deserve in a ‘heritage-led’ tourism and local education approach.

27 to 29 September 2017. A paper on ‘Multisensory Virtual Experience of Tanning in Medieval Coventry’ was delivered to the Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

29 September 2017. Our conference on Medieval Coventry attracted over 100 people. Please click here to view videos of the conference talks and click here to download a copy of the conference programme. We hope to publish a volume of the conference proceedings in 2018.

29 November 2017. The Medieval Coventry charity participated in a very successful Schools Curriculum Planning event, organised by Historic England. Seven heritage partners met with teachers from Coventry and as far afield as Stratford to share information about their work in delivering heritage resources to schools.  Heritage Schools Coventry HAZ CPD