INTERIOR

CLEARSTORY WINDOWS

THE SPIRE OF CHRIST CHURCH

GREY FRIARS' CHURCH (PLAN OF CROSSING)

ST. MARY HALL

PLAN

PLAN OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH


[Illustration: VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BISHOP STREET.]


CHURCHES OF COVENTRY

MONASTERY AND CITY

The opening words of Sir William Dugdale's account of Coventry assert
that it is a city "remarkable for antiquity, charters, rights and
privileges, and favours shown by monarchs." Though this handbook is
primarily concerned with a feature of the city he does not here
mention--its magnificent buildings--the history of these is bound up
with that of the city. The connection of its great parish churches
with the everyday life of the people, though commonly on a narrower