Market Hall & Central Library, Coventry
14 November 1940 · Coventry, West Midlands
View this record on the map →- Date
- 14 November 1940
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- incendiary
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, approximate point (the pre-war street pattern was erased in reconstruction)
What happened
The raid destroyed the central library, the Market Hall, hundreds of shops and public buildings, and the sixteenth-century Palace Yard. The Market Hall's clock tower was left standing amid the ruins and survives.
Casualty note
Not separately recorded. Do not read the city-wide 568 as applying here.