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For the village in England, see Codrington, South Gloucestershire. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Codrington is a village in South Gloucestershire. It is located near Junction 18 of the M4 motorway south of Wapley and Yate.

Codrington is a town located on the island of Barbuda, which is part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Barbuda is an Island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda ( Spanish for "Ancient" and "Bearded" is an Island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea

Codrington was founded by the family of Christopher Codrington and John Codrington in 1666, to be the main residential centre on the island. Christopher Codrington ( 1668 - 7 April 1710) British soldier and colonial governor whose father (also named Christopher Codrington was captain-general They built a castle which dominated the town, but it was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1843 and little trace of it now remains.

In 1741, the first slave rebellion happened in Codrington. Beach's Rebellion arose as a consequence of manager Thomas Beach's "cruel and tyrannical" behaviour. Several head of cattle were slaughtered, damage was done to the Codrington's property and equipment, and "negroes runaway and absent themselves" from work.

The population of Codrington was recorded as 700 in the census of 1904, and 1252 in the census of 1991.

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