The cathedrals in #Coventry present an interesting history. The first cathedral, founded pre-Conquest by the Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife #LadyGodiva, became St Mary's Cathedral in 1140. With the #Dissolution of religious property by King #HenryVIII, #CoventryCathedral was the only existing cathedral to fall into disrepair and be torn down. Archeological work has revealed the foundation stones, all that remains of St Mary's. Coventry churches were part of the diocese o