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The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2] The city of Carlotta, California was up for auction on eBay in February 2003. [3] In September 2004, the Indiana Firebirds arena football team was auctioned off, first in a regular auction that failed to reach the reserve price, [4] and again as a "Buy it Now" item for ...
Coventry was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how many boroughs operated across the country. The city was then governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Coventry", generally known as the corporation or city council. [5]
Stoney Road Allotments consists of 123 council-owned allotments covering around 5 hectares just south of Coventry city centre. [1] They were created in the mid 19th century as pleasure-gardens for the people of the city, and were Grade II* listed in 2001.
Coventry City Council; Coventry City Council elections This page was last edited on 4 February 2018, at 11:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The garden of International Friendship was opened in 2000 as part of the City Council's Millennium Scheme: Phoenix Initiative. [15] Lady Herbert's Garden, Hales Street. 2004 Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS (1907–1996). Whittle was a Royal Air Force officer from Coventry who made a major contribution to the invention of the jet engine. [16]
The title Lord Mayor of Coventry was created on 3 June 1953 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Coventry, England by Letters Patent as part of the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that Coventry had had a Mayor since it was granted its Charter of Incorporation by King Edward III in 1345.
Coventry Archives is a records archive and local history centre for the city of Coventry, England.It is housed in Herbert Art Gallery and Museum and is one of 4 institutions owned by the Culture Coventry Trust, the other three being Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, the Lunt Roman Fort and the Coventry Transport Museum.
John Roderick Mutton (20 September 1947 – 15 May 2022) was a British politician. He was the Labour group leader on Coventry City Council from May 2003 [1] until May 2013, Leader of Coventry City Council from 2010 to 2013 [2] and Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1997.