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"COPPENHALL, a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the townships of Church-Coppenhall and Monks-Coppenhall, and containing 512 inhabitants, of which number, 366 are in the township of Church-Coppenhall, 5 miles (N. E.) from Nantwich, and 146 in the adjoining township of Monks-Coppenhall. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £6. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is built of wood and plaister, in the style which prevailed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"COPPENHALL, a parish in the hundred of Nantwich, in the county of Chester, 1 mile from Crewe, its post town, and 2 miles from the Crewe station on the North-Western line. It comprises the townships of Church Coppenhall and Monks Coppenhall. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £216, in the patronage of the bishop. There is a district church at Crewe, the living of which is a perpetual curacy,* value £300, in the patronage of trustees. The parish church, dedicated to St. John, is a brick structure with tower, rebuilt in 1851, and possesses an ancient chest preserved from the old building. The Wesleyans and Methodists have each a chapel. There are parochial and Sunday schools. The charities amount to £15 per annum. Near Crewe stands the Hall-o'-th'-Shaw, an ancient seat formerly occupied by the Shaw and Foulhurst families."

"CHURCH COPPENHALL, a township in the parish of Coppenhall, hundred of Nantwich, in the county of Chester, 2 miles from the Crew railway station, 4 from Nantwich, and 5 from Sandbach.

"MONK'S-COPPENHALL, a township in the parish of Coppenhall, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester. See Coppenhall."

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