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Coordinates: 52°46′N 2°08′W / 52.76°N 2.14°W
Coppenhall 
Coppenhall
Coppenhall shown within StaffordshireOS grid reference SJ9019 Shire county Staffordshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Staffordshire Fire Staffordshire Ambulance West Midlands EU Parliament West Midlands List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire Coppenhall is a small settlement in Staffordshire, England. Coppenhall lies 2 kilometres (1 mi) southwest of Stafford and 4 miles (6.4 km) NNW of Penkridge with Baron Stafford as lord of the manor.[1] The parish of ~900 acres (3.6 km2) is bounded on the east by the Pothooks Brook. The centre of the village lies at 416 ft (127 m) above sea level, the ground rising from about 275 ft (84 m) in the east of the parish to over 475 ft (145 m) in the west. The current holder of Lord of the Manor of Coppenhall is Russell Saltman of Hemel Hempstead who purchased the title in April 2007
Coppenhall Church, April 2008
Church of St Lawrence
The small ancient church of St. Lawrence, built c.1200, and described by Pevsner as "a perfect 13th century village church, small but of great dignity,"[2] is constructed of thick sandstone walls with a spired wooden bellcote, and has capacity for only about 60 worshippers. It was made a chapelry of Penkridge parish after the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The church registers commence in 1678 and are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.[3]
A church existed at Coppenhall by 1200, it being a dependency of Penkridge College by 1261, having also had a vicarage ordained by 1291.
The spired bell tower and cockerel wind vane of Coppenhall church, May 2008The church was extensively restored in 1866, which involved fitting a new roof, repairs to the windows and gable-ends and the addition of a new circular window to the east gable. A new bell turret was also added with a taller spire, and a stone pulpit and circular font were installed at this time. In 1917, a memorial pulpit and lectern were bequeathed in memory of Charles Mort by his widow Helen. In 1932, an oak lych-gate was added in memory of Charles H and Lillie Wright.[4]
References
- ^ History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851
- ^ N Pevsner, Buildings of England: Staffordshire, Harmonsworth/Penguin, 1974, p.108
- ^ History of Coppenhall
- ^ L. Margaret Midgley (editor), A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5 - East Cuttlestone Hundred, Victoria County History, UK, 1959, pp.141-143
External links
Categories:- Villages in Staffordshire
- Staffordshire geography stubs
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