The joys of wasting space

COVENTRY

Archeologists have uncovered major finds in Coventry City centre in recent times. What has been uncovered is the site of the Benedictine Cathedral and Priory of St Mary,

Originally founded in 1043 AD, by Leofric Earl of Mercia and Lady Godiva herself. The structure is vast. It measures some 425 feet long

1016 A nunnery dedicated to St Osburg was sacked by the Danes in 1016
1043 The first sign of Godiva. Her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, founded a Benedictine Monastery on the site of the sacked St Osburgs Nunnery.
1057 Leofric died
1067 Death of Godiva. nb there is much that surrounds Godiva that is not at all clear. Some say she lived to a great age. Other say that she was much younger than Leofric. These stories do not tie in at all with the dates for her and her husbands death.
1086 Domesday Book records 69 heads of families in Coventry. So it wasn't a very large place for Godiva to ride through then was it?
1090...