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Codnor Park

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From: John BARTHOLOMEW's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887):

"Codnor Park, par. and ry. sta., E. Derbyshire, on Erewash river and canal, 4 miles S. of Alfreton, 1,458 ac., pop. 1,073; contains Codnor Park, ruins of the old seat of the Zouches and the Lords Grey of Groby; also Codnor Park Ironworks, among the most extensive and important in the kingdom."

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Archives & Libraries

Codnor Park is served by the Mobile Library on route 5, which stops by the Mill Lane Car Park on every fourth Friday afternoon.

The nearby Ripley Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

Alternatively, the Alfreton Library is a good resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The hamlet was in the Greasley sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2125
1861R.G. 9 / 2431
1891R.G. 12 / 2658
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Church History

  • This place was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Ironville.
     
  • The webpage author could find NO Anglican parish church or chapel in this Liberty.
     
  • The residents of this Liberty would attend church in Riddings or some other nearby community.
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Church Records

  • The Liberty was in the rural deanery of Alfreton.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The hamlet was in the Greasley sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"CODNOR PARK liberty, with CODNOR CASTLE, form an extra-parochial district, in the same hundred as Butterley, two miles therefrom. The inhabitants obtain their chief support from the employment of the Butterley Company. There is also a considerable pottery in the vicinity, of which Mr. Joseph Bourne is the proprietor. Here was an ancient castle belonging to the noble family of Grey, of Codnor, the last of whom, Henry, a philosopher and alchymist, obtained from the credulous Edward IV, a license to practice the transmutation of metals. Population, at the last census, 637."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

The parish is 132 miles north of London on the Erewash River, 12 miles north-east of Derby city and 3 miles east of Ripley.

You can see pictures of Codnor Park which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • A tower was erected to William JESSOP Jnr. in 1854. A photograph and report can be found at Codnor Info.
     
  • Robert HOWL has a photograph of the Jessops Monument on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2012.
     
  • In the 1880s the tower was struck by lightning and traces of the occurrence are visible down the whole of one side.
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Manors

In 1890 Aldercar Hall, the property of F. B. WRIGHT esq. was the residence of Francis Hugh ADAMS esq. M.A.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK437511 (Lat/Lon: 53.055375, -1.349466), Codnor Park which are provided by:

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Military History

Codnor Park and Ironville share a War Memorial. The photograph on Geo-graph was taken in November, 2018 by Alan MURRAY-RUST. It is a Celtic cross on a plinth, unveiled on Armistice Day, 1923, created by local stonemason Edward COPE of Riddings. The memorial was sponsored by the Butterley Company. Listed Grade II, it stands outside Ironville's Christ Church.

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Obituaries

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar contributes this announcement from the Derby Mercury of 22 September, 1803: DIED: "The same day at Codnor park, William MEEKE, a boy aged 13 years, was killed in a coal pit..."

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar contributes this snippet from the Derby Mercury of 13 October, 1803: DIED: "On the 6th inst. as George DAVIS, a workman employed at the local coal pits at Codnor park, in this county, was receiving a carriage loaden with coals at the mouth of one of the pits, the rope accidentally broke, by which means the unfortunate man was precipitated to the bottom and killed on the spot."

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar has this announcement from the Derby Mercury of 17 October, 1804: MISC: "On the 9th instant Joseph SYSTON, a young man employed in navigating a boat upon the Cromford canal, accidentally fell from one of the locks in Codnor park, in this county, and was unfortunately drowned."

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Politics & Government

  • This extra-parochial Liberty was in the ancient Morleston and Litchurch Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • This extra-parochial Liberty was absorbed into the new parish of Ironville when it was established circa 1850.
     
  • This place was incorporated as the Civil parish of "Codnor Park and Shipley" in 1894. That was abolished in April, 1934, and the land split between Alfreton Civil Parish (550 acres) and Condor and Loscoe Civil Parish (900 acres).
     
  • You may contact the Ironville Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they will NOT do family history lookups for you.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Amber Valley Borough Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Schools

A National Infant School, in Golden Valley, was erected in 1871, for 70 infants.