John Venimore Godwin

John Venimore Godwin was an early photographer and Mayor of Bradford in 1865-1866.

His father was the Baptist minister in Dartmouth, but he shortly moved to Great Missenden.

[1] Business people in Yorkshire were concerned by the competition created by the French woollen industry.

In 1876 the Chambers of Commerce nominated Godwin and Henry Illingworth to investigate the French.

[5] Godwin was elected Mayor of Bradford in 1865 taking over from Charles Semon.