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Coventry City Council is the local authority for the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. Coventry has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city.
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Keresley is a suburban village and civil parish in the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about 4.5 miles (7 km) north of Coventry city centre and 3.5 miles (6 km) southwest of Bedworth. According to the 2001 census , the parish had a population of 791 falling to 713 at the 2011 Census, although the 2018 population was estimated at 783.
The new Council House was designed in the Elizabethan style, [5] as stipulated by the Borough Corporation, to be in keeping with the old St Mary's Guildhall to the rear. [4] The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1913 and the building was completed in 1917, [ 6 ] although, because of the First World War , the official opening by the Duke of ...
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The garden of International Friendship was opened in 2000 as part of the City Council's Millennium Scheme: Phoenix Initiative. [15] Lady Herbert's Garden, Hales Street. 2004 Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS (1907–1996). Whittle was a Royal Air Force officer from Coventry who made a major contribution to the invention of the jet engine. [16]
Museums in Coventry before the Herbert included the museum of the Coventry City Guild and the Benedictine Museum, opened by J. B. Shelton in the 1930s. However, Coventry City Council's collection of art treasures and museum pieces were housed in various buildings, and so the council acquired a half-acre site over a number of years costing £35,375.
Stoney Road Allotments began life as a collection of these gardens in Cheylesmore park shortly after 1853. Various structures were built on some of the plots, including an elaborate half-timbered summer house which is still present today. [2] In July 1935 the City Council acquired the allotments for the sum of £1100. [3]