George Coggins

Career Lawyer / Antiquarian

Biography Coggins was a solicitor based in Deddington who was very interested in local matters. Three scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings etc relating to the local area are held in the Bodleian. The noticeboard was found on his property in the town. He lived in the property where the noticeboard was found from 1899. According to the Jackson's Oxford Journal of 26.5.1894 issue 7366 he acted as the Coroner for North Oxfordshire [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 03/01/2007]

Biography References http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/regdocs.asp?LR=160 / http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:cQx3VpkLc_MJ:www.deddingtonnews.co.uk/may05.pdf+coggins+deddington&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5

Clubs & Societies Law Society

County Oxfordshire

Relationship Field Collector / Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around After 1899

Dates active 1847-1920

Donated around 1909

English collections Noticeboard warning against trespassing

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based Yes

Date in Oxford c 1909

English collection size 1