Coventry
About Coventry
Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Lady Godiva was a noblewoman who, in protest at her husband raising taxes, rode through the streets of Coventry naked except for her very long hair.
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More facts about Coventry
The whole point of Lady Godiva's ride was that everyone who lived in Coventry had to go inside and not look at her.
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Prue Peretta played Lady Godiva in the Coventry parade for 25 years in a row, more than the original, and got an MBE for it.
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The Lady Godiva parades really caught on in the 1840s, when someone was cast as Lady Godiva every year and at first made to appear naked.
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Coventry has a Godiva fish shop, Godiva dentists, Godiva plumbing, a Godiva gun shop and Godiva tailoring.
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The joke goes that Coventry was where the witches lived, and that's why Hitler went for it.
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