John Venimore Godwin
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John Venimore Godwin was an early photographer and Mayor of Bradford in 1865-1866.
Godwin was born on 23 December 1814 in Dartmouth. He was the son of the Reverend Benjamin Godwin and his wife, Elizabeth. His father was the Baptist minister in Dartmouth, but he shortly moved to Great Missenden.[1]
Godwin married Rachel and they had ten children. They lived in the 1847 rebuilt Micklefield House in Rawdon before moving to Crowtrees House.[2] Godwin also owned the nearby Crow Trees Inn.[3] He died at his home in Crowtrees on 20 January 1898 aged 83.[4]