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The County of the City of Coventry was a former English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
, (officially a County corporate
County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a form of local government in England, Ireland and Wales.Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing county....
) which existed between 1451 and 1842.

The county covered an area of around and contained the city of Coventry
Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
 and the surrounding villages of Ansty
Ansty, Warwickshire

Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby of Warwickshire with a population of 318 . The village is actually located just outside Coventry and was historically part of the County of the City of Coventry....
, Asthull, Biggin
Biggin

Biggin could be*Biggin , Derbyshire, in the Peak District*Biggin by Hulland, Derbyshire, near Hulland*Biggin, North Yorkshire*Biggin, Warwickshire...
, Binley
Binley, Coventry

Binley is a suburb in the east of Coventry, England. Binley evolved from a small mining village on the outskirts of Coventry, to a large residential area composing private residences, and council-owned properties....
, Caludon, Exhall
Exhall

Exhall is a village in Warwickshire, England situated 3.6 miles from south of Nuneaton and 6.3 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is within the Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area, the conurbation that includes Coventry and Bedworth....
, Foleshill
Foleshill

Foleshill is a suburb in the north of Coventry in the West Midlands of England.Longford, Coventry. Courthouse Green and Rowley Green are to its north and Keresley is to its East....
, Harnell
Harnell

Harnell is a surname. It may refer to:* Jess Harnell - American television voice actor* Joe Harnell - American arranger, band leader, composer, and musical director...
, Horwell, Radford
Radford, Coventry

Radford is a suburb and Ward of Coventry, located approximately 2 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency....
, Stoke, Styvechale
Styvechale

Stivichall or Styvechale is a mainly residential area of south Coventry. It includes Fenside which forms part of southeast Stivichall....
, Walsgrave
Walsgrave

Walsgrave-On-Sowe was a village located about 3 miles north-east of Coventry, West Midlands in England. It was built on marsh lands, although the city sees very little flooding....
, Wood End
Wood End, Coventry

Wood End in the north of Coventry, is a more deprived area than many other areas in Coventry.Much of the housing stock was built in the 1950s and 60s and is of poor quality....
 and Wyken
Wyken

Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke, Coventry and Walsgrave, three miles northeast of Coventry city centre....
.

ntry was originally a part of the county of Warwickshire
Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....
. However during the medieval period Coventry became an important city in its own right.

King Henry VI
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
 granted Coventry the status of a county in itself, largely to reward the city for the support it had given him.






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The County of the City of Coventry was a former English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
, (officially a County corporate
County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a form of local government in England, Ireland and Wales.Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing county....
) which existed between 1451 and 1842.

The county covered an area of around and contained the city of Coventry
Coventry

Coventry is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom....
 and the surrounding villages of Ansty
Ansty, Warwickshire

Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby of Warwickshire with a population of 318 . The village is actually located just outside Coventry and was historically part of the County of the City of Coventry....
, Asthull, Biggin
Biggin

Biggin could be*Biggin , Derbyshire, in the Peak District*Biggin by Hulland, Derbyshire, near Hulland*Biggin, North Yorkshire*Biggin, Warwickshire...
, Binley
Binley, Coventry

Binley is a suburb in the east of Coventry, England. Binley evolved from a small mining village on the outskirts of Coventry, to a large residential area composing private residences, and council-owned properties....
, Caludon, Exhall
Exhall

Exhall is a village in Warwickshire, England situated 3.6 miles from south of Nuneaton and 6.3 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is within the Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area, the conurbation that includes Coventry and Bedworth....
, Foleshill
Foleshill

Foleshill is a suburb in the north of Coventry in the West Midlands of England.Longford, Coventry. Courthouse Green and Rowley Green are to its north and Keresley is to its East....
, Harnell
Harnell

Harnell is a surname. It may refer to:* Jess Harnell - American television voice actor* Joe Harnell - American arranger, band leader, composer, and musical director...
, Horwell, Radford
Radford, Coventry

Radford is a suburb and Ward of Coventry, located approximately 2 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency....
, Stoke, Styvechale
Styvechale

Stivichall or Styvechale is a mainly residential area of south Coventry. It includes Fenside which forms part of southeast Stivichall....
, Walsgrave
Walsgrave

Walsgrave-On-Sowe was a village located about 3 miles north-east of Coventry, West Midlands in England. It was built on marsh lands, although the city sees very little flooding....
, Wood End
Wood End, Coventry

Wood End in the north of Coventry, is a more deprived area than many other areas in Coventry.Much of the housing stock was built in the 1950s and 60s and is of poor quality....
 and Wyken
Wyken

Wyken, a suburb of Coventry, England, is situated between the areas of Stoke, Coventry and Walsgrave, three miles northeast of Coventry city centre....
.

History

Coventry was originally a part of the county of Warwickshire
Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....
. However during the medieval period Coventry became an important city in its own right.

King Henry VI
Henry VI of England

Henry VI was Kingdom of England 1422?1461 and then 1470?1471, and King of France as the de jure monarch from 1422 to 1429....
 granted Coventry the status of a county in itself, largely to reward the city for the support it had given him. This county status enabled Coventry to control its own assize
Assize Court

The Court of Assize, or Assizes, refers to an obsolete circuit criminal court in most common-law contexts, but is still in use elsewhere, e.g., Assizes of Jerusalem....
 and gaol, and the city's bailiffs became sheriff
Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
s – officers to the king. Coventry remained a separate county until disputes over ratings with the villages which formed the county resulted in its abolition by the Coventry Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c.110). The Act provided that from November 9, 1842 the City and County of the City of Coventry shall... be taken to be in all respects Part of the County of Warwick , and within the Hundred of Knightlow. As well as re-merging Coventry with Warwickshire, the legislation resolved the Doubts which now prevail respecting the Boundary of the said City, by firmly setting the municipal limits.

The county covered an area similar to that covered by the modern city. Apart from Ansty
Ansty, Warwickshire

Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby of Warwickshire with a population of 318 . The village is actually located just outside Coventry and was historically part of the County of the City of Coventry....
 and Exhall
Exhall

Exhall is a village in Warwickshire, England situated 3.6 miles from south of Nuneaton and 6.3 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is within the Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area, the conurbation that includes Coventry and Bedworth....
, all of the places which formed part of the county are now within the city boundaries.

See also


  • History of Coventry
    History of Coventry

    This article is about the history of Coventry, a city in the West Midlands , England.From its humble beginnings as a settlement around a Anglo-Saxon nunnery c. AD 700, Coventry grew to become one of the most important cities in England during the Middle Ages due to its booming cloth and textiles trade....
  • History of Warwickshire
    History of Warwickshire

    This is about the history of Warwickshire.Ancient historyThe Warwickshire area has almost certainly been inhabited since Prehistoric Britain....


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