Founded as a Cistercian monastery in 1150 and once the largest and most influential religious house in Warwickshire, Coombe Abbey has spent its long life moving between sacred, aristocratic and public uses. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 its church was pulled down, and in 1581 Sir John Harington converted the surviving buildings into one of the grandest houses in the county. The estate was acquired by the Craven family in 1622 and remained with them for more than three hundred.....

Founded in 1851 and resident on Binley Road for more than a century, the Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club is one of the city's oldest sporting institutions, playing at the historic Bulls Head Ground. Its cricket teams compete in the Birmingham and District Premier League, continuing a tradition that stretches back over 170 years on the eastern side of Coventry. The ground holds a notable place in the wider history of the game, having been one of three venues used by Warwickshire Cou.....