Coventry

England, a city in Warwick, 85 miles N. W. of London, The chief buildings are the fine churches of the “three tall spires” commemorated by Tennyson. Coventry was formerly surrounded with lofty walls and had 12 gates. It was the see of a bishop early conjoined with Litchfield. Parliaments were convened by the earlier monarchs of England. Pageants and proce ions were celebrated in old times, and a remnant of these still exists in the proce ional show in honor of Lady Godiva. Population (1900) 69,877.