Postmasters and Post Offices
Coddington is lucky to retain a village shop and Post Office, however its position within the village has changed since it was first established in the 1860s. There have been at least four locations of the Post Office in Coddington:
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John Ellis's cobblers shop (1860s - 1895ish now demolished)
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location unknown - Mrs Ellen Farmer (1897- early 1900s)
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21 Main St (Post Office Row) - William, Helen and Molly Sharp (circa 1912 ? 1975)
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Orchards, Main St - Mary and Bernard Mastin (1975 - 1989 now a private house)
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Newark Rd, the present site from 1989
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Village sub-Postmasters from Trade Directories
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The Ellis Family (Shoe and Boot Makers) |
Post Office |
1814 |
1814 John Ellis shoemaker and Ann his wife baptise son William, 1816 son James and 1818 another child.
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1827 |
John Ellis married Mary Keetley at Coddington 27.2.1827 |
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1832 |
1832 TD Shoe and Boot Makers: John Atter, John Ellis |
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1841 Census |
1841 Census: Cordwainers John Ellis 50 Cordwainer; Mary Ellis 50;William Ellis Cordwainer 25; Harriet Ellis 20
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1844 |
1844 Whites: Shoe and Boot Makers John Ellis; William Ellis Christopher Else, John Whitaker |
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1848 |
1848 Lascelles: Shoe and Boot Makers John Ellis; William Ellis William Langton; Samuel Lawson |
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1853 |
1853 Whites: Shoe and Boot Makers John Ellis; William Ellis William Langton; William Laughton |
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1861 Census |
1861 Census: Shoemakers 2 doors from Red Lion:John Ellis 70; Mary Ellis 70 4 doors from Plough: William Ellis 45; Harriet Ellis 46; Ann Ellis dau 19, William 18 joiner and builder, Elizabeth 14 dressmaker. William Goodman brother in law shoemaker.
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1864 |
1864 Whites Shoemakers John Ellis; William Ellis, William Laughton |
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1869 |
1869 Morris: William Ellis shoemaker + sub-postmaster William Langton |
1869 Morris: William Ellis sub-postmaster |
1871 Census |
1871 Census: Main St near Church Lane
John Ellis 80 shoemaker, lodger with Marshalls. William Ellis 55 shoemaker + sub- postmaster; wife Harriet Ellis 56, daughter Ann 29 dressmaker.
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1871 Census: Main St near Church Lane William Ellis 55 shoemaker + sub- postmaster; Harriet Ellis 56
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1872 |
1872 Whites: William Ellis shoemaker + sub-postmaster William Langton |
1872 Whites: Post Office at William Ellis?s |
1879 |
1879 Wrights: William Ellis bootmaker + Post Office |
1879 Whites Post Office at William Ellis's |
1881 Census |
1881 Census: William Ellis 65 shoemaker; Harriet Ellis 66; Ann Ellis dau 39 dressmaker |
1881 Census: William Ellis 65 shoemaker; Harriet Ellis 66; Ann Ellis dau 39 dressmaker |
1881 |
1881 Kelly's William Ellis shoemaker + Post Office |
1881 Kelly's Sub Post Office: William Ellis receiver |
1885 |
1885 Whites: William Ellis bootmaker + Post Office |
1885 Whites: Post Office at William Ellis's |
1892 |
1892 Cooks: William Ellis shoemaker + Post Office |
1892 Cooks: William Ellis shoemaker + Post Office |
1894 |
1894 Whites: William Ellis bootmaker + sub-postmaster |
1894 Whites: Post Office at William Ellis's
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Mr William died Jan 1896 aged 80. Mrs Harriet Ellis died 3.1.1898 aged 83, wife to Mr William. |
1897 |
1897-8 No Ellis listed |
1897-8 Mrs E Farmer - sub-postmistress (post & telegraph) |
1900 |
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1900 Mrs E Farmer - sub-postmistress Mrs Ellen Farmer, wife and mother; died 1.1.1904 - b 25.5.1862 |
1912 |
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1912 Kelly's: William Sharp - Post & telegraph Office |
1916 |
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1916 Kelly's: William Sharp ? sub-postmaster |
1918 |
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1918 Sale Catalogue: Cottages Lot 35 - Post Office Row, No 21 is Post Office, William Sharp tenant / sub-postmaster |
1923 |
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1923 Kelly-s: William Sharp - sub-postmaster: |
1928 |
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1928 Kelly's: Not identified |
1932 |
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1932 Kelly's: Not identified |
1936 |
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1936 Kelly?s: Not identified |
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William Sharp died 27.7.1937 aged 76. Mrs Helen, wife to William, died 3.3.1946 aged 80. |
1938 |
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1938, 1942, Mrs Helen Sharp shopkeeper and post office. |
1941 |
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1941 Kelly-s: Not identified |
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Mrs Sharp then daughter Molly ran PO in 1940 - c1960 1950 Miss F A Sharp shopkeeper and post office. 1957 Francis A Sharp. |
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1961 Francis A Sharp - Post office. Bernard Mastin, The Orchards Main St. John Mastin 70 Main St, John R Mastin 65 Main St. |
1975 |
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1975 Mary and Bernard Mastin's home, The Orchards opposite the Inn on Green, becomes the village Post Office. Mary was the Postmistress. |
1987-89 |
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1987 Post Office at The Orchards. Mary and Bernard Mastin ran this until 1989, when Mary became too ill. There was an armed robbery on the post office, but Bernard's actions ensured the man was caught. |
1989 onwards |
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1989 Post Office moved to near Lodge on Newark Rd. |