EAW001834 ENGLAND (1946). The bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946
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| Title | [EAW001834] The bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946 | 
| Reference | EAW001834 | 
| Date | 12-July-1946 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | COVENTRY | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 433308, 279122 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.5102976982924, 52.408709678455 | 
| National Grid Reference | SP333791 | 
Pins
|  Approx location of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site, e56568. |   redmist | Saturday 29th of October 2022 09:15:32 PM | 
|  Little Palace Yard, little Park Street |   Freddies | Friday 5th of November 2021 05:44:52 PM | 
|  The Council House, HQ of Coventry City Council and opened by the Duke of York (later King George VI) on 11 June 1920. |   NottmJas | Monday 22nd of June 2020 06:48:52 PM | 
|  site of Owen Owen department store, destroyed in the air raid of 14/15 November 1940 |   NottmJas | Monday 22nd of June 2020 06:46:37 PM | 
|  Coundon Road rugby ground, home of Coventry Rugby Club between 1921 and 2004 |   NottmJas | Monday 22nd of June 2020 06:45:24 PM | 
|  Martins Bank |   John | Monday 20th of May 2019 02:08:29 PM | 
|  WW2 Camouflage Scheme Warehouse Roof |   Sparky | Tuesday 19th of September 2017 07:17:34 PM | 
|  WW2 Camouflage Scheme Roof |   Sparky | Tuesday 19th of September 2017 07:17:02 PM | 
|  WW2 Static Water Supply SWS |   Sparky | Tuesday 19th of September 2017 06:47:08 PM | 
|  I did a sketch of this small group of buildings in January 1967 - they hadn't changed since this photo was taken in 1946! |   Coventry kid | Wednesday 1st of March 2017 09:19:49 PM | 
|  Hippodrome Theatre |   pursebearer | Saturday 8th of October 2016 09:45:51 PM | 
|  Council offices |   pursebearer | Saturday 8th of October 2016 09:45:03 PM | 
|  Cathedral ruins |   pursebearer | Saturday 8th of October 2016 09:44:16 PM | 
|  Holy Trinity church |   pursebearer | Saturday 8th of October 2016 09:43:17 PM | 
|  Holyhead Road |   Coventry kid | Saturday 23rd of August 2014 05:05:12 PM | 
|  Hill St |   Coventry kid | Saturday 23rd of August 2014 05:04:29 PM | 
|  The doric arch of this bank is the only remaining recognisable feature of the old Broadgate left. |   Coventry kid | Friday 1st of November 2013 05:56:05 PM | 
|  My grandmother, Maud Stevenson, had a grocery shop here. |   Coventry kid | Friday 1st of November 2013 05:54:20 PM | 
|  Stag PH |   Coventry kid | Friday 1st of November 2013 05:52:43 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EAW001834] The bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/001/EAW001834.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EAW001832] Barrack Square Market, Corporation Street and the bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/001/EAW001832.jpg) 
 ![[EAW030280] The city centre, Coventry, 1950](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/030/EAW030280.jpg) 
 ![[EAW001828] Corporation Street and Cross Cheaping, Coventry, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/001/EAW001828.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053103] The city centre, Coventry, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053103.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024991] The city centre, Coventry, from the north-west, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024991.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053109] The city centre, Coventry, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053109.jpg) 
 ![[EAW051846] Broadgate and the city centre, Coventry, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/051/EAW051846.jpg) 
 ![[EAW030282] The city centre, Coventry, 1950](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/030/EAW030282.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035762] Corporation Street and environs, Coventry, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035762.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024995] The city centre, Coventry, from the north-west, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024995.jpg) 
 ![[EAW051852] Broadgate and the city centre, Coventry, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/051/EAW051852.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024996] The Tudor Rose Public House and Corporation Street, Coventry, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024996.jpg) 
 ![[EAW001835] The Ruined Cathedral Church of St Michael, Holy Trinity Church and the bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/001/EAW001835.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024984] Holy Trinity Church, the Ruined Cathedral Church of St Michael and Broadgate, Coventry, from the north-west, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024984.jpg) 
 ![[EAW031598] The city centre, Coventry, 1950](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/031/EAW031598.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035764] Corporation Street, St John the Baptist's Church and environs, Coventry, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035764.jpg) 
 ![[EPW001190] The city centre, Coventry, 1920. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/001/EPW001190.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024985] Broadgate, Coventry, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024985.jpg) 
 ![[EPW001199] Coventry city centre, Coventry, 1920](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/001/EPW001199.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035763] Corporation Street, the Rover Engineering Works and environs, Coventry, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035763.jpg) 
 ![[EPW061111] The city centre, Coventry, 1939](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/061/EPW061111.jpg) 
 ![[EPW001202] The city centre, Coventry, from the north-west, 1920](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/001/EPW001202.jpg) 
 ![[EAW051849] Broadgate and the city centre, Coventry, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/051/EAW051849.jpg) 
 ![[EPW035765] Corporation Street and environs, Coventry, 1931](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/035/EPW035765.jpg) 
 ![[EAW030281] The city centre, Coventry, 1950](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/030/EAW030281.jpg) 
 ![[EAW051845] Corporation Street, Broadgate and the city centre, Coventry, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/051/EAW051845.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024988] The Empire Theatre, Broadgate and Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, from the south-west, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024988.jpg) 
 ![[EAW051850] Broadgate and the city centre, Coventry, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/051/EAW051850.jpg) 
 ![[EAW024994] The Leigh Worsted Mill and the city centre, Coventry, 1949. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/024/EAW024994.jpg) 
 ![[EAW001831] The Ruined Cathedral Church of St Michael and the bomb damaged city centre, Coventry, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/001/EAW001831.jpg) 
 ![[EPW047173] The A C Wickman Ltd Engineering Works and the city centre, Coventry, 1935](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/047/EPW047173.jpg) 
 