The County of the City of Coventry was a former English county, which existed between 1451 and 1842. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The county covered an area of around 20 square miles and contained the city of Coventry and the surrounding villages of Ansty, Asthull, Biggin, Caludon, Exhall, Foleshill Harnell, Horwell, Binley, Radford, Stoke, Styvechale, Wood End, Wyken, Walsgrave. Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire with a population of 318 (2001 census). ... Radford is an independent city located in Virginia. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ...

History

Coventry was originally a part of Warwickshire. However in the medieval period Coventry became an important city in its own right. Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

King Henry VI granted Coventry the status of a county in itself, largely to reward the city for the support the city had given him. Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21/22, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471. ...

County status enabled Coventry to control its own assize and gaol, and the city's ballifs became sherrifs - officers to the king. Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or American common law, or the person who holds such office. ...

Coventry remained a separate county, until disputes over ratings with the villages which formed the county, resulted in the county being abolished by the 'Coventry Boundary Act of 1842' which re-merged Coventry with Warwickshire.

The county covered an area similar to that covered by the modern city. Apart from Ansty and Exhall, all of the places which formed part of the county are now within the city boundaries. Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire with a population of 318 (2001 census). ...

Reference

• Coventry: History and Guide, by David McGrory (1993) p42-43 and 89.