Publications Available Relating to Codicote


Published by Codicote Local History Society:

NEW:'An Illustrated Tour of Codicote', this contains 29 original drawings by local artist J V Pearce. The book was a sold out at the recent Village Day event and is now being reprinted. to book your own copy, click here - for more info see: Events/News
cost: £4 per copy + p&p*


By Nicholas Maddex:

  • A Brief History of Codicote £3.00 + p&p
  • Codicote History Trail £3.00 + p&p
  • Beating the Bounds of Codicote: A guide to the History of the Farms, Manor Houses, and Hamlets £2.00 + p&p
  • Help Me Through the World: A History of Codicote's Inns, Pubs, and Hotels £2.50 + p&p
  • Codicote (An Introductory Leaflet) £0.20 + p&p
  • Codicote in 1590 (Souvenir Programme for Elizabethan Day held in 1990) £1.00 + p&p
  • Codicote in 1806 (notes to accompany the 1806 map, and extracts from the schedule to it) £0.50 + p&p
  • Twentieth Century Codicote: A Chronology (Souvenir Programme for an exhibition held in 1999) £0.50 + p&p

    By Michael Webley:
  • The Mediaeval Manor of Codicote £3.00 + p&p
  • The Extent of Codicote, 1332 (The Abbots Survey of Codicote, translated, with a commentary) £3.00 + p+p
  • The Black Death in Codicote (the 1349 manorial court record, translated) £1.00 + p&p
  • Codicote in 1806 (A map of the village, redrawn from a parish map) £3.00 + p+p
  • Codicote in 1842 (a map based on the Tithe documents) £2.00 + p&p
  • Relics of Old Woodland and Hedgerows in Codicote £1.00 + p&p

    By other authors:
  • Blain Borthers: Pioneers by Iris Bristowe £3.00 + p&p (76pp) NEW
  • When We Were Boys: Codicote in the 1880s by Jim Waight £5.00 + p&p
  • Articles on Hertfordshire History by W. Branch Johnson, edited by Sharon Allen £5.00 + p&p
  • Forty Years of Wedding Fashions: The Example of Codicote 1953-92 (Based on the event “A Celebration of Weddings”, held in 1992) Maggie Woodward and Nicholas Maddex £0.50 + p&p
  • Reflections: Memories of An Evacuee to Codicote and Welwyn in World War Two by Pauline Howes £2.50 + p&p
  • Welwyn in the 1930s and 1940s by Tony Jones £3.00 + p&p

    Forthcoming publications:
  • Abbots, King, and Gentry: The Owners of Late Tudor Codicote
  • “Reburied a Week Later”: The Strange Story of John Gootheridge
    (both by Nicholas Maddex)


    Journals:
  • The Codicote Historian (a quarterly journal: back numbers available) £0.40 + p&p
  • Codicote Families (a quarterly journal: back numbers available) £0.40 + p&p

(annual subscription, including p&p and corresponding membership of the society £4.00 or £8 for both titles)

* P&P = £1 per one book, 3-4 books £1.50

The following are by Nicholas Maddex and published by Codicote Parochial Church Council in association with Codicote Local History Society:
  • Church Guide: St. Giles, Codicote £1.00 +p&p
  • A Shorter Guide to St. Giles, Codicote £0.20 + p&p

    Published jointly by the Codicote Local History Society and the Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society:
  • Monumental Inscriptions of St. Giles, Codicote £3.50 + p&p
  • Militia Lists of Codicote £2.25 + p&p
  • Published jointly by the Codicote Local History Society and the Codicote Environmental Action Group:
  • Walks Around Codicote: detailed guidance on 11 walks by Nicholas Maddex. £2.00 + p&p
  • Codicote Parish Map: colour map, including details of rights of way, street map, brief history, and sketches £2.00 + p&p
  • Published by Eric Lawrance in association with Codicote Local History Society:
  • Diary of a Village: Codicote in the 1820s and 1830s (transcribed,
    introduced and indexed by Eric Lawrance) £7.00 + p&p

    Also available through Codicote Local History Society:
  • Notelets showing Buckler's drawing of Codicote Church in
    c.1832 - set of six £0.50 + p&p
  • Cards depicting St. Giles/St. Alban stained glass windows in St. Giles Church: 4 designs, each available as Christmas Cards or blank greetings cards £0.15 each + p&p per set of four
  • Parables stained glass windows greetings card (including envelope) 20p+ P&P
  • Postcards of St. Giles Church (two views) £0.15 each + p&p per pair
  • Notebooks depicting Parables stained glass windows in the porch of St. Giles Church 50p + P&P
  • Bookmarks depicting stained glass windows in the porch of St. Giles Church 10p + P&P
Orders by post for any of the above should be sent to: Nicholas Maddex, “Kitshawkins”, 213, Valley Road South, Codicote, Nr. Hitchin, Herts. (Telephone O1438 821849). Cheques should be made payable to "Codicote Local History Society".
Details of prices and postage are correct at time of publication.

 

 

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