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Codrington Arms, Codrington (Wapley) South Gloucestershire - Geograph
Codrington may refer to: Places * Codrington, Barbuda ** Barbuda Codrington Airport ** Codrington Lagoon * Codrington Island, small uninhabited island off the north-east coast of Antigua * Codrington, Gloucestershire, England * Codrington, Ontario, Canada * Codrington, Victoria, Australia ** Codrington Wind Farm, Victoria * Mount Codrington, Antarctica Institutions * Codrington College, Anglican theological college in St. John, Barbados * Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, England People with the surname * Codrington baronets * Austin Codrington (born 1975), Jamaican cricketer *Brandon Codrington (born 2000), American football player *Christopher Codrington (died 1698), British plantation owner and colonial administrator, founder of Codrington in Barbuda *Christopher Codrington (1668–1710), British soldier and plantation owner in Barbados *Christopher Codrington (1764–1843), from 1797 known as Christopher Bethell-Codrington, British member of Parliament and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codrington, Barbuda
Codrington is the only village on the island of Barbuda, which is part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Codrington coincides with the Codrington major division, one of the two major divisions on Barbuda. Situated on the Codrington Lagoon, Codrington is the country's northernmost settlement. The population of Codrington was 796 in 2011. As the primary residential area on the island, Codrington was established in 1685 by Christopher Codrington and his brother John. Codrington is one of the oldest settlements in the country, and is now the country's twenty-third largest settlement. Codrington is on the larger end of villages in the country, and due to its position as the only settlement on Barbuda, is home to many specialized facilities, such as seven churches, a post office, a police station, a daycare, a preschool, a primary school, and a secondary school. In 1685, Christopher Codrington and his brother John established Codrington as the primary residential area on the isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Codrington (died 1698)
Colonel Christopher Codrington ( – ) was a Barbadian-born planter and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Leeward Islands from 1689 to 1699. Early life Born about 1640 on Barbados, Codrington was the son of another Christopher Codrington and probably the grandson of Robert Codrington, a landed gentleman with an estate at Dodington, Gloucestershire.James C. Brandow, ''Genealogies of Barbados Families: From Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society'' (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983)pp. 221, 222/ref> His father was a royalist who had arrived in Barbados around 1640, married a sister of James Drax, a leading plantation owner, and acquired an estate in the parish of Saint John. He made a small fortune there, most of which he left to his son when he died in 1656.'"The Codringtons", in Darra Goldstein et al, ''The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets'' (Oxford University Press, 2015)p. 674/ref> Career In 1663, Codringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinny Codrington
Vincent Joseph Codrington (born 18 July 1956) is an English sports administrator and a former CEO of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Codrington was educated at St. Benedict's School, Ealing. He played rugby union as a fly half for Richmond and also served as its Director of Rugby, during its transition from amateur to professional rugby. He opened the batting for Barnes Cricket Club. Codrington succeeded Joe Hardstaff as Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1997 and later assumed the role of Chief Executive. He announced his resignation on 3 July 2015 after 18 years' service at Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket List of Test cricket grounds, venue in St John's Wood, Westminster. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex C .... He is a Trustee of the READY Charity [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Codrington (priest)
Thomas Codrington (died 1691?) was an English Roman Catholic theologian. He is chiefly known for his attempt to introduce into England the "Institute of Secular Priests Living in Community", founded in Bavaria by Bartholomaus Holzhauser. Life Codrington was educated and ordained at Douai, where he taught humanities for a time. Later on he lived with Cardinal Howard at Rome, acting as his chaplain and secretary. He returned to England in July, 1684, and on the accession of James II of England in the following year, he was appointed one of the royal chaplains and preachers in ordinary. While he was in Rome he had joined the institute above mentioned, in which Cardinal Howard took a great personal interest, and his return to England seemed to the superior, Stephen Hofer, a favourable opportunity for extending the institute. Accordingly Codrington and his companion, John Morgan, were appointed procurators to introduce the institute into England. The object of the society, the consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Codrington
Thomas Codrington (1829 in Wroughton, Wiltshire – 1918) was a British engineer and antiquarian of the late Victorian era. With a career background as an Inspector for local government, he published several known works. First was ''Report on the Destruction of Town Refuse'', published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1888. This was only a short pamphlet of 48 pages, including illustrations of furnaces in use at the time. Codrington went on to write the slightly more substantial 172 page work ''The Maintenance of Macadamised Roads'' in 1879, published by E. & F.N. Spon. For the Roads Improvement Association, Codrington wrote ''The Roads Improvement Association - Its Teaching Confirmed'';Reid, p.131. he had acted for the RIA in a successful court action in 1885 regarding the state of the roads in Halesowen.Reid, pp.129-130. However, by far Codrington's most famous work was also one of his last. ''Roman Roads in Britain'', published originally in 1903, was the first attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henry Codrington
Robert Henry Codrington (15 September 1830, Wroughton, Wiltshire – 11 September 1922)Davidson, Allan K. "The Legacy of Robert Henry Codrington." ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research.'' Oct 2003, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p. 171-176full text was an Anglican priest and anthropologist who made the first study of Melanesian society and culture. His work is still held as a classic of ethnography. Codrington wrote, "One of the first duties of a missionary is to try to understand the people among whom he works,"''The Melanesians.'' Robert Codrington. and he himself reflected a deep commitment to this value. Codrington worked as headmaster of the Melanesian Mission school on Norfolk Island from 1867 to 1887. Over his many years with the Melanesian people, he gained a deep knowledge of their society, languages, and customs through a close association with them. He also intensively studied "Melanesian languages", including the Mota language. He popularized the use of the word "man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Edward Codrington
Robert Edward Codrington (6 January 1869 – 16 December 1908) was the colonial Administrator of the two territories ruled by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) which became present-day Zambia. He was Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia, based at Fort Jameson, now Chipata, from 11 July 1898 to 24 April 1907, and then of North-Western Rhodesia, based at Livingstone from February 1908 to his death in London on 16 December 1908 from heart disease at age 39. He laid the foundation for the amalgamation of the two territories as Northern Rhodesia four years later. His administration was influential in establishing British colonial government in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and making them different in character from white-settler-led Southern Rhodesia.The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaidon Codrington
Jaidon "The Don" Codrington (born June 5, 1984 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout. A contestant on Season 3 of the boxing reality television series '' The Contender'', Codrington went on to lose in the final to Sakio Bika, in a brave effort and a candidate for fight of the year. Amateur career Codrington had a stellar amateur career, winning the 2002 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship. Amateur highlights 2004 * Beat Dennis Draper in 2004 National Golden Gloves via decision on 2004-05-04. * Lost to Rocco Tettis in 2004 National Golden Gloves via decision on 2004-05-05. 2003 * Beat James Parison in 2003 National Golden Gloves via decision (5-0) on 2003-05-26. USA Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Codrington
Isabel Codrington Pyke-Nott, later Isabel Konody then Isabel Mayer (1874–1943), was a British artist. She painted figures in watercolour and oils and also produced miniatures. Biography Codrington was born in Bydown, near Barnstaple in Devon. Her father was the local squire and an amateur playwright and her mother was a writer and painter. Aged 15, Codrington was enrolled in the Royal Academy School in London where she was awarded two medals. In October 1901 she married the art critic P.G. Konody (1872–1933), who was then the editor of an art magazine and also wrote regularly for several newspapers. The couple had two daughters during the following five years, one of whom, Pauline Konody, would also become a painter. Codrington continued to paint, and a watercolour by her won a medal at the 1907 Exposition International d'Arte in Barcelonia. The Konodys lived in London and enjoyed a social scene that featured many artists, poets and writers. In 2015 an unpublished poem writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
