West Coventry in 1904-1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Coventry in covered on four maps:COVENTRY CENTRAL 1905 map covers the city centre, extending from Queen Victoria Road eastward to Gosford Green & Stoke Knob, & from the station (bottom left corner) northward to Drapers Field & Sackville Street. Features include St Michael`s church, Cattle Market, Maudslay Motor Works, Velox Motor Works, Kitson Works, Cheylesmore Works, Meteor motor cycle works, Triumph cycle works, Challenge Cycle Works, Singer cycle works, Premier cycle works, Coronet motor works, Sparkbrook cycle works, Dunlop works & many more factories for cycles, motors or related trades. Street directory entries for Broadgate, Butcher Row, Cross Cheaping, Greyfriars Lane & High Street are also provided. COVENTRY NORTH 1912 map, covers an area around Foleshill Road & Stoney Stanton Road, stretching from Harnall Lane East northward to Great Heath, Paradise & Highfield Street, & from Sandy Lane eastward to Stoke Heath & Barras Heath. Features include the Coventry Canal, tramways & tram depot, mineral railway leading to an ordnance factory, Bishopsgate Green, King Field ribbon works, Swanswell Ward, Harnall Ward, Courtauld`s Artificial Silk factory, Daimler`s Motor Mill, etc. On the reverse is a section of the 1921 Directory, A to G. This title, COVENTRY WEST 1094-1911 map, is taken from the unusual Inland Revenue; these were maps partially revised to 1911 to chart the progress of the area between 1904 & 1911. Spon End is in the centre, with coverage stretching from Spon Street & St Osburg`s Priory westward to Chapel Fields, Hearsall Common &, at the western edge of the map, Whoberley Hall. Features include Coundon Road station, Rudge Motor & Cycle Works, St Thomas`s church. The directory continues on this map with entries H to P, plus a timetable for the Coventry-Nuneaton railway in 1897. COVENTRY SOUTH 1912 map continues coverage south & is far less built up. The railways include the Leamington branch. Features include Whitley Common, Whitley Coal Wharf, engine shed (at Leamington Jct), St James church Stivichall. Directory entries P to Z are also included, plus a directory for the tiny village (population 81) of Stivichall. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

This is a new edition in the AA's groundbreaking series of Street by Street titles, covering Coventry, fully revised & updated for 2007. Presented in a handy glovebox size, the maps clearly show AA recommended restaurants, pubs, hotels, one-way streets & car parks. 24-hour petrol stations & garden centres are also highlighted. Also featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting & using National Grid referencing for easy navigation from page to page, these maps are all you need to find your way quickly & easily throughout Coventry. ...

At a few minutes past seven on the evening of Thursday, 14 November 1940, the historic industrial city of Coventry was subjected to the longest, most devastating air raid Britain had yet experienced. Only after eleven hours of continual bombardment by the German Luftwaffe could its people emerge from their half-sunk Anderson shelters & their cellars, from under their stairs or kitchen tables, to venture up into their wounded city. That long night of destruction marked a critical moment in the Second World War. It heralded a new kind of air warfare, one which abandoned the pursuit of immediate military goals & instead focused on obliterating all aspects of city life. It also provided the push America needed to join Britain in the war. But while the Coventry raid was furiously condemned publically, such effective enemy tactics provided Britain`s politicians & military establishment with a `blueprint for obliteration`, to be adapted & turned against Germany. A merciless four-year war of attrition had begun. In this important work of history Frederick Taylor draws upon numerous sources, including eye witness interviews from the archives of the BBC which are published here for the first time, to reveal the true repercussions of the bombing of Coventry in 1940. He teases out the truth behind the persistent rumours & conspiracy theories that Churchill knew the raid was coming, assesses this significant turning point in modern warfare, looks at how it affected Britain`s status in the war, & considers finally whether this attack really could provide justification for the horror of Dresden, 1945. ...

At a few minutes past seven on the evening of Thursday, November 14 1940, the historic industrial city of Coventry was subjected to the longest, most devastating air raid England had yet experienced. Only after eleven hours of continual bombardment by the German Luftwaffe could its people emerge from their half-sunk Anderson shelters & their cellars, from under their stairs or kitchen tables, to venture up into their wounded city. That long night of destruction marked a critical moment in the Second World War. It heralded a new kind of air warfare, one which abandoned the pursuit of immediate military goals & instead focused on obliterating all aspects of city life. It also provided the push America needed to join Britain in the war. But while the Coventry raid was furiously condemned publicly, such effective enemy tactics provided Britain`s politicians & military establishment with a `blueprint for obliteration`, to be adapted & turned against Germany. A merciless four-year war of attrition had begun. In this important work of history, Frederick Taylor draws upon numerous sources, including eye witness interviews from the archives of the BBC which are published here for the first time, to reveal the true repercussions of the bombing of Coventry in 1940. He teases out the truth behind the persistent rumors & conspiracy theories that Winston Churchill knew the raid was coming, assesses this significant turning point in modern warfare, looks at how it affected England`s status in the war, & considers finally whether this attack really could provide justification for the horror of Dresden, 1945. ...

From P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, comes the debut novel that introduced Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh. Set in the peaceful English countryside, Cover Her Face is a classic murder mystery. St Cedd`s Church fete has been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop & the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Eleanor Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son`s sudden engagement to the new parlour maid, Sally Jupp. On the following morning Martingale & the village are shocked by the discovery of Sally`s body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English country life. In Cover Her Face, award-winning P.D. James (author of Death Comes to Pemberley, The Murder Room & Children of Men) plots a complex story of family secrets & suspicion. Meet the dark & brooding Dalgliesh
- a gentleman, a poet, & a gifted detective-and read the novel that launched P.D. James` career as the world`s pre-eminent crime writer.
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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:100, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 50m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 64 x 40km (40 x 25 miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals, plus show UTM coordinates for the map corners. Map legend is in Portuguese only.PLEASE NOTE
- EDITION DATES: some sheets at this scale date back to the 1950s or 1960s. For more recent editions please see IGP’s 1:25, 000 series where each 50K map is divided into four quarters. To see all the titles in the 1:100, 000 series please click on the series link.
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Map No. 788, George Washington & Jefferson National Forests: Covington
- Alleghany Highlands, VA/WV, in an extensive series
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