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Coordinates: 53°05′N 0°45′W / 53.08, -0.75
Coddington is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 3 miles east of Newark on Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 972 [1].
Coddington Mill was a four-storey brick tower windmill built in 1859 to replace a post mill on the same site (grid reference SK832536). The tower was originally 3 storeys, raised to 4 when patent sails were fitted. It had 2 single and 2 double patent sails mounted on a cross, rotating anti-clockwise, with an 8 bladed fantail. It ceased working by wind c. 1944, after being damaged by a blast from a landmine, and was derelict from 1947 till conversion to a house some time after 1983 [2]. A post mill on a different site was recorded in 1818 as being owned by William Else; it had a 2 storey roundhouse. Another mill was advertised in 1818 as a good new erected brick Smock Mill owned by John Else.
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