The Website of our Daughter Amanda, born in 1998

The Website of our Son Steven, born in 1997

The LINKS page

Here are a few links to other websites that I find useful from time to time....

Quick Links to categories on this page....
Family and Genealogy - Coventry Information - Coventry History and Heritage - Coventry Churches - Coventry Sub-districts - Friends and Colleagues - Educational and Online Resources - Pastimes, Sport and Leisure - Music and Artists

Family and Genealogy

FamilySearch The best place to look for old church records of Births and Marriages. A huge database of material including the 1881 UK Census on CD from the Church of Latter Day Saints.

UK Family Research A lovely site by a Coventry based family researcher and genealogist offering to research your family tree for extremely reasonable rates. Will also help beginners to get started with their own research.

Coventry Family History Society The official site of Coventry's Family History Society - a must for those with ancestors in Coventry who are serious about finding and sharing their genealogy.

Genealogy Guide Where you can find useful advice regarding family history and ancestry in the UK - What documents are available and what information do they hold? - Getting started & How to set about researching your family history.

My Home Town Schools The FREE site for locating and contacting your old School, College and University friends, either to catch up on old times, or even to arrange a reunion. Whatever the reason, we are sure you'll be happy here at My Home Town Schools!

Alan Clarke's Northamptonshire Home Page A personal website run by Alan Clarke containing Family History, Census and other invaluable information about Northamptonshire.

Genes Reunited A sister site to the original "Friends Reunited". Upload your family tree and look for matching names in anyone else's tree. I really can recommend this site - It found me a contact which solved a crucial family mystery.

FreeBMD FreeBMD stands for Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. This project contains the "General Register Office" index information for the period 1837-1901.

1901 UK Census The official UK Government site that all genealogists have been awaiting for years! Where were your ancestors in 1901?

Cyndi's List A huge database providing over 180,000 links to genealogical websites of all types. (Including this one!)

GENUKI The main genealogy site for information from the UK and Ireland including individual County indexes.

Genealogy directory DirectoryGenealogy.com - The genus information and resources on the net.

Coventry Information

CWN - Information for Coventry and Warwickshire A site full of local information both historic and up-to the-minute.

Visit Coventry All the information necessary for tourists to enjoy their visit to our city. Find accomodation of every kind whether you're camping, hostelling or require a classy hotel. Also find entertainment and the best places to eat too.

Godiva Rocks And now for something musical.... You might think that Coventry isn't a place that conjures up thoughts of chart artists, but did you know just how many well known stars actually come from here? Visit this website and then buy this book by Pete Chambers which covers everything there is to know about Coventry music... and then some! You won't be able to put it down.

icCOVENTRY A Coventry site produced in partnership with Coventry Newspapers. The latest Coventry, National and International news and an excellent reference section on historic Coventry.

Coventry Observer The website of one of our local newspapers containing news, history, job searches and much more.

Coventry City Council The official website of Coventry City Council contains important information about the running of our city and it's services, job vacancies, business information and more.

Coventry University For those wishing to learn more about further education in Coventry, a site containing all you need to know about Coventry University.

Coventry on the web Part of the "UK on the web" network, this site lists just about everything on the internet that's Coventry related, plus lots of other useful resources: Jobs, Dating, Classifieds, Cars, Property etc.

In Coventry A local internet resource with information of interest about, and for, the people of Coventryand the surrounding areas - Warwickshire and The West Midlands.

Coventry Market Like all the best websites, this one's very original and innovative yet extremely simple. Just click on a stall on the market plan to find out who runs it and what they sell. Very effective! Also learn about the market's history and other events held there.

Coventry History and Heritage

Alton Douglas Alton Douglas has written many informative and entertaining books. As well as three books about Coventry during the 20th century he has written many about the midlands including the Birmingham area, Shrewsbury and Stratford. Alton is also famous for various TV and radio shows.

Pictures Of Coventry Run by the Council, this site contains countless archive photographs from around our city which can be viewed for free, or larger prints can be purchased. A priceless collection.

The COVENTRY Pages.NET A lovely website about Coventry by Peter Barton. Many photographs and lots of historic information covering ancient to modern times.

The 1605 Living History Society Our aims are to promote interest, education in the history of the 1605 Gunpowder plot, and how people lived during this period. Our Renaissance period reenactments will present you with hands-on workshops covering; Apothecary, Armour & Weaponry, Calligraphy, Dance, Music and Surgery.

BBCi Coventry history page The official BBC interactive site's Coventry page with many archive films and WW2 information including a special piece of historic footage of Princess Elizabeth visiting Coventry in 1948

The Herbert Art Gallery The official site for Coventry's premier art gallery with up to date information on events and exhibitions as well as features on archaeology, natural history and more.

Museum of British Road Transport Coventry's world famous Transport Museum online. Here, you can find out more about the fascinating items in the museum as well as viewing many fine historic photographs of classic cars and bikes. Plenty for kids to see and do, too.

COV KID A local website by a Coventry historian and author with lots of Coventry information, including old maps and a large database of names to help visitors look up ancestors.

A Coventry Kid A personal and heartwarming site by "Coventry kid" Jo Vernon. View genuine old photographs and be captivated by Jo's account of growing up in our city from pre-war towards the present. Also contains family history including "Grandad Death"!

John Webb's Heart-of-England Stunning photographs and some very useful historic details on Coventry and surrounding areas including amongst other places; Warwick, Stratford and Kenilworth.

Coventry Market History Visitors to Coventry Market might be familiar with "Rupert the Fish" and will certainly enjoy reading this detailed history of Coventry Markets stretching from 1217 to the present day.

Coventry Churches

Coventry Cathedral The official website of Coventry Cathedral, including a brief history of Coventry's principal places of worship.

Holy Trinity Church One of Coventry's oldest churches enters the 21st century on the web with a wealth of information & lovely photographs.

Holy Trinity Church History An "unofficial" site by two members of the church, dedicated to the history of this fine building and includes a detailed tour and much more. Watch out for the organ.....

St. John the Baptist Church A website containing a comprehensive and detailed look at the history and current status of St. John's parish church in Fleet Street.

Coventry Sub-districts

Tilehill.net A community based website serving Tile Hill and the surrounding area. Website features include; community links, information and contacts. This is your website.

Earlsdon Online Described as the "village in Coventry", this is the community website for one the oldest of the city's suburbs.

Panoramic Earlsdon Website dedicated to the district of Earlsdon with a difference.... It's full of well constructed panoramic scenes which the viewer can control. Folk interested in this area might also wish to take a look at Earlsdon Watch.

Spon End A very detailed yet homely website, centered around Spon End, one of the oldest districts in the area with a rich heritage.

Visit Wyken A history of one of Coventry's largest districts which contains the ruins of the Norman "Caludon Castle" and local community information too.

Hillfields Partnership Website Hillfields was the first suburb to grow out of Coventry's increasing centre during the industrial revolution. This website covers many subjects including a very detailed history of the area which includes the Swanswell from nearly 1,000 years ago to modern times and a great quiz too!

Bell Green History and Heritage Community website featuring the archaeological, natural, industrial and traditional heritage that make up the unique history of Coventry's suburb of Bell Green.

The Virtual Museum, Willenhall The website of the Willenhall History Group giving readers the opportunity to contribute their own piece of Willenhall history.

Friends and Colleagues

Sensor Alarms Ltd. Sensor Alarms Ltd. supply and install to the latest British and European standards and with our fully qualified engineers you can be assured of a quality installation. With 15 years experience of the security industry you can be assured of quality of equipment, quality of installation, reliabilty and excellent after sales service.

AllergEase You'd never sleep at night if you knew how many millions of dust-mites are sharing your bed.... but help is at hand here - a full hygiene and cleaning service to return your mattresses and soft furnishings to a safe healthy environment. Essential if you suffer from any allergies at all.

OLDE CHEQUERS INN Are you feeling thirsty? Call in at the Olde Chequers Inn in Bulkington and join Sarah and Tim for a drink!

MARKSPACE The personal website of a friend and colleague of mine. This site has been running for quite a while and has many interesting features, amusing quotes and links.

Pastimes, Sport and Leisure

Sensitive Light To see what can be achieved with a top class digital camera and a bit of skill and imagination, try this website for the outstanding results of one man and his hobby. There are some beautiful and inspiring images here which make you want to pick up your camera and try it yourself!

Kidz Do Bounce - Hire a bouncy castle for your kids parties or just for fun and you can't go far wrong. Try this link for prices, information and more.....

Gary Mabbutt's Knee! A great fanzine site for our local football team, Coventry City F.C. It manages to remain tongue-in-cheek whilst being deadly serious about the team at the same time! Includes match reports from my old school mate and Cov fan extraordinaire, Kev Monks.

COVSUPPORT Another website dedicated to Coventry City F.C. but managed by Kev Monks himself and with special support for COVENTRY CITY LADIES FC. - The website was formerly the Association Of Coventry City Supporters Clubs And Groups. (ACCSCAG)

Coventry Rugby Football Club The official website of the Coventry Rugby Football Club. The club plays in National Division One and this site gives all the statistics, latest news and the last few years of match history.

Music and Artists

TRYX Now a succesful hi-tech club duo consisting of Mick and Marie, Tryx was once a lads four-piece guitar based band with me on the drums. They've got over that now though!

BAiT A Coventry based band with (I hope) a stunningly successful future. Their website is entertaining, humourously written and they've genourously allowed us to download samples of their excellent music.... enjoy!

Face The Music The official fanclub website for the Electric Light Orchestra, one of my favourite bands. Find out the latest information and buy limited edition and exclusive items direct from the online shop.

Gordon Giltrap Not only is he a supremely gifted guitarist, but he's also a thoroughly nice bloke. An evening spent watching Gordon Giltrap live is like having him play personally in your living room. A visit to his own website here will demonstrate the devotion he reciprocates to his fans.

QUEEN Online A wealth of resources about perhaps the most memorable live act to have performed in recent decades. Freddie Mercury might not still be with us but Queen's music will live on....

Genesis With Peter Gabriel and his theatrics, Genesis became one of the top progressive rock bands of the 1970's. Each member of the band also became a respected solo artist in his own right - Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett and, of course, Peter himself!

SKY A band consisting of a diverse set of highy talented musicians who crossed all the boundaries between rock, pop, classical, jazz and many other styles very successfully between 1979 and the late 1980's.

Mike Batt Official Website How much music of Mike Batt are you familiar with? More than you think... many know that he wrote the Wombles music in the 70's, but he also wrote Bright Eyes and the score for Watership Down, as well as many other film and musical scores. He's even the man behind Katie Melua, Bond and Vanessa Mae amongst many others.

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