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COVENTRY

Coventry (recorded in the Domesday Book as Couentreu) is an industrial city in the West Midlands, England. It suffered heavy bombing during the Second World War.
Coventry was formerly surrounded with lofty walls and had twelve gates, and was the see of a bishop early conjoined with Lichfield. Parliaments were convened here by the earlier monarchs of England, several of whom occasionally resided in the place. Pageants and processions were celebrated in old times with great magnificence, and a remnant of these still exists in the processional show in honour of Lady Godiva. For a long time Coventry was the centre of the ribbon trade, and was also famed for its manufacture of silk fabrics, cambric frilling, cottons, watches, machinery, and bicycles.

Coventry is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, USA.
Coventry is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, USA.
Coventry is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, USA.
Coventry is a township in Summit County, Ohio, USA.
Coventry is a town in Chenango County, New York, USA.
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