Coddington History Group

Coddington History Group was formed in 2003 by residents of Coddington Village,in Nottinghamshire.

It is our aim to:

- Provide a focus for those interested in the history of Coddington, its people and institutions, buildings and environment

- Collect information about the village and its history, ensure it is retained for posterity and make it available in publications

- Promote an interest in history (and especially of local history) in the village by organising activities, talks and exhibitions for members, and for local residents, visitors and Coddington School

- Encourage the view that our heritage should be valued and preserved

- Support other local and national groups with similar aims.

How you can help

If you have any memories, information, old photographs, drawings or documents about Coddington that you are willing to share with the history group please contact us. We are particularly anxious to salvage information from the paper deeds of Coddington buildings before these are superseded and lost.

Our activities and achievements

The Group has completed two Heritage Lottery Projects, became known in local history circles and has a steady membership of around 55 members.

We have a sizeable website at www.coddington.org.uk.

Between September and June (not December) on the 3rd Thursday of the month we hold evening lectures in Coddington Village Hall on a wide variety of historical subjects. Everyone is welcome to attend, admission includes tea and biscuits (Members free,  Non Members £2).

We periodically hold an annual public exhibition in the Village Hall, Main St when All Saints Church is normally also open to visitors.

The History Group also arranges activities and visits to local sites and heritage groups, and hosts return visits.

People today are very busy with many work, family and leisure commitments. Whether you just want to record some of your Coddington memories, loan photographs for copying into our archive, pass on some information after clearing a cupboard, visit one of exhibitions or the odd lecture, or even join our Group you will be very welcome. Our group is informal and lively and can offer as little or as much involvement as you wish.

Membership of Coddington History Group costs £10 per year.

The grants enabled us to:

- Set up the Group and acquire equipment, display material and skills.

- Produce a Coddington Heritage Trail Leaflet, given to all village households and made available locally and on the website

- Produce a book of historic photographs of the village, given to all village households.

- Produce an educational picture-cube, given to all pupils of Coddington School in 2007-8

- Organise public lectures (eight evenings per year) on historical topics.

- Organise an educational event for Coddington schoolchildren

- Provide temporary displays for Newark Public Library and for All Saints Church, Coddington

- Build links with other local history organisations and the WEA 

We have collected an impressive amount of information about the village including:

- Over 5,000 photos, and set up a photo archive

- Memories of village people (Oral history project)

- Acquire historic OS Maps, Census returns, aerial photographs, etc

- We have compiled "Information Folders"

- The History Group Website has been designed and expanded.

We look forward to the future with confidence - and hope that many more people will join us in Coddington, or groups founded in their own local communities.

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Telephone
01636 708781 01636 708781
E-mail
chairman@coddington.org.uk
Website
www.coddington.org.uk
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Name
Coddington Village Hall
Address
Main Street
Coddington
Newark
Nottinghamshire
Postcode
NG24 2PN
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