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Category: Research
Writing, records and updates from this part of the Tewkesbury Voices archive.
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The Codrington Family Tree in the Age of Transatlantic Slavery
By John Dixon MPhil Trigger Warning: Contents on this site may cause distress. Please click here to leave the site. ×
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Henry Fowke, 1758-1818: How far was he involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
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Explaining the Codrington Portrait in the Council Chamber
We are delighted to share that at Full Council in September 2025, Tewkesbury Town Council approved a new freestanding display in the Council Chamber. The display, featuring a QR code, explains the Codrington family’s links to the transatlantic slave trade. The QR code links to a full version of the sign, which provides a more…
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Unique Residents of 20th Century Tewkesbury?
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Quakers: Keeping on their Hats, in Tewkesbury
Congratulations to Derek Benson on being awarded the Woodard Award 2025 with Tewkesbury Historical Society, which has been published in the THS Bulletin 33. The article details the Quakers connection to the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. “On a national scale, the Quakers had questioned slavery from the early days of the…
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Henry Fowke Esq, 1758-1818
TABLET INSCRIPTION HENRY FOWKE Esqre: late of this Borough.born in Barbadoeson the ninth day of November 1758.,and second Son ofHENRY FOWKE Esqre: and SARAH his Wifeboth of that IslandHe died on the seventh day of October 1818,in the 60th Year of his Age,Sincerely belovedby his family and numerous friends;whothrough lifewill bear his integrityhis benevolenceandhis liberal spiritin grateful…
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Anti-Slavery Activism in Tewkesbury
We’re pleased to share a new resource by local historian Derek Benson: Anti-Slavery Activism in Tewkesbury. This important piece of research shines a light on the individuals and movements in our town who stood against slavery during the 18th and 19th centuries. Whether you’re from Tewkesbury or exploring the wider history of abolition across Britain, this…
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Sir William Codrington, 1719-1792
Sir William Codrington, 1719-1792. OIL PAINTING INSCRIPTION Sir William Codrington, Bart.Elected for this Boroughin1761 1774 17841768 1780 1790 Location: Tewkesbury Town Hall, Council Chamber. By Sarah Crowe When examining the Codrington family, its wealth and social standing in the eighteenth century, an edition of the Gloucester Journal from 1743 describes William Codrington’s sister (and, by extension,…
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Lady Ann Clarke, 1742-1800
STONE TABLET INSCRIPTION BUT THE GREATEST OFTHESE IS CHARITYIN THESOUTH AISLE OF THE CHANCELIS DEPOSITEDTHE MORTAL PART OFANN LADY CLARKE.DAUGHTER OF PHILLIP AND CATHERINE HAUGHTONOFF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA:AND WIFE OFSIR SIMON CLARKE BART.SHE WAS BORNIN THAT DISTANT COLONYON THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL 1742AND DIEDAT CHELTENHAM IN THIS COUNTY.ON THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER 1800.AS A WIFE…
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Sir William Codrington and Tewkesbury Town Hall
IRON PLAQUE INSCRIPTION TOWN HALLAnticipating the visit of King George III, Tewkesbury’s town hall was built in 1788 with a loan from the then M.P., Sir William Codrington, so contributing to the council’s 1828 insolvency. Set back, with a cobbled corn exchange in front, it housed a court room and banqueting hall. Later a fire station…