RCH FROM ST. MARY HALL 34

SOUTH-WEST DOORWAY 35

INTERIOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S FROM THE WEST 40

TOWER ARCH 42

BAY OF NAVE, NORTH SIDE 43

INTERIOR FROM THE SOUTH DOOR 45

THE CHOIR FROM ST. LAWRENCE'S CHAPEL 46

POPPY HEAD, LADY CHAPEL 48

MISERERE, LADY CHAPEL 48

CHEST IN NORTH AISLE 50

THE NETHERMYL TOMB 51

THE SWILLINGTON TOMB 54

ALMS-BOX 56

HOLY TRINITY FROM THE NORTH (ABOUT 1850) 60

PLAN OF TRINITY CHURCH 66

INTERIOR OF HOLY TRINITY, FROM THE WEST 68

NORTH SIDE OF NAVE--EASTERN BAYS 71

PULPIT 73

ARCHWAY BETWEEN THE NORTH PORCH AND ST. THOMAS'S CHAPEL 74

ALMS-BOX 77

CHURCH OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST 80

PLAN 85

INTERIOR 87

CLEARSTORY WINDOWS 88

THE SPIRE OF CHRIST CHURCH 92

GREY FRIARS' CHURCH (PLAN OF CROSSING) 93

ST. MARY HALL 96

PLAN 98

PLAN OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH _At End_

[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