{"id":33183,"date":"2024-04-16T10:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T08:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/520e3c83-8cb9-496d-ac49-54c74e894f03"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:34:30","slug":"findmypast-adds-280000-coventry-records","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/findmypast-adds-280000-coventry-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Findmypast adds 280,000 Coventry records"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 at 08:54 AM<\/p>

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Family history website Findmypast<\/a> has added 284,027 exclusive historical records from Coventry in partnership with Coventry Archives.<\/p>

The record sets include:<\/p>

Coventry bomb damage schedules recording damage caused to homes by the Coventry Blitz<\/a> (1940-41).<\/li>
Air raid records (1940-41).<\/li>
Coventry Workhouse<\/a> admission and discharge registers (1853-1946).<\/li>
Burial records from Coventry\u2019s London Road Cemetery<\/a> (1847-1896).<\/li>
Pages from company directories and publications (1908-1966).<\/li>
Car vehicle registrations (1921-1944).<\/li>
Pages from Coventry newspapers The Graphic, Coventry Standard, Piercy\u2019s Coventry Gazette, Bedworth Times <\/em>and Foleshill & Bedworth Express<\/em>, dating from 1747 to 1921.<\/li><\/ul>
Mary McKee, UK Archives Manager at Findmypast, said: \u201cThis is a significant chunk of historical information which offers an amazing opportunity to understand more about Coventry\u2019s colourful past \u2013 as well as uncover family stories.\u201d<\/p>
The records include stories of many famous people from Coventry throughout the years.<\/p>
They include the record of the 1850 burial of Ellen Blight at London Road Cemetery.<\/p>
Ellen was dubbed the \u2018Lion Queen\u2019 in her lifetime for taming and exhibiting the big cats at her uncle George\u2019s famous menagerie, \u2018Wombwell\u2019s Travelling Menagerie\u2019 which toured the country exhibiting elephants, giraffes, tigers, panthers, lions, a gorilla, and a kangaroo.<\/p>
Tragically, Ellen died at the age of just 17 when she was mauled to death by a tiger while performing.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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