Coppenhall, Cheshire Family History Guide

Coppenhall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Crewe, Monk’s Coppenhall, Monks Coppenhall, and Church Coppenhall.

The town of Crewe is in Monks-Coppenhall township, Coppenhall Parish. Crewe township, in Barthomley Parish, is adjacent; it has a chapelry called Crewe-Green.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Coppenhall

Parish registers: 1653
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1579

Crewe Christ Church

Parish registers: 1846
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COPPENHALL, two townships and a parish in Nantwich district, Cheshire. Church-Coppenhall township lies on the North-Western railway, 1½ mile NNW of Crewe r. station, and 5 NE of Nantwich. Acres, 1,530. Real property, £2,987. Pop., 822. Houses, 175.

Monks-Coppenhall township lies round the junction of railways at Crewe station; and includes the town of Crewe. Acres, 1,318. Real property, £15,532. Pop., 8,159. Houses, 1,473. The parish consists wholly of these two townships. Post town, Crewe. Real property, £18,519. Pop., in 1841, 747; in 1861, 8,981. Houses, 1,648. The property is much subdivided.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £216. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was rebuilt in 1851; and is a brick edifice, with a tower.

The p. curacy of Crewe is a separate benefice.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Coppenhall

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England, Cheshire, Church Coppenhall
England, Cheshire, Monks-Coppenhall

England, Cheshire, Coppenhall – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Michael’s Church, Coppenhall, Crewe, monumental inscriptions
Author: Moston, Bill; Pickering, Les; Riggott, Phil; Chadwick, Peter; Family History Society of Cheshire. Crewe Group

England, Cheshire, Coppenhall – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Coppenhall Church, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Coppenhall Monks, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Coppenhall – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Coppenhall, 1579-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Coppenhall (Cheshire); National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Nantwich hundred, 1781-1786, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Coppenhall, 1653-1935
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Coppenhall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of Christ Church (Crewe), 1846-1912
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Paul’s Church, Crewe, 1869-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Coppenhall – Public records ( 1 )
Town and poor rate books for Monks Coppenhall, 1792-1867
Author: Coppenhall (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Coppenhall – Taxation ( 5 )
Land tax assessments for (Monks) Coppenhall, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Church Coppenhall, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Rate books for Monks-Coppenhall, 1864-1900
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Borough)

Town and poor rate books for Monks Coppenhall, 1792-1867
Author: Coppenhall (Cheshire)

Valuation list for Monks-Coppenhall, 1886-1897
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Borough)

Crewe

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Christ Church, Chester Street, Crewe, with Crewe cenotaph and several other war memorials in Crewe: Monumental inscriptions
Author: Chadwick, Peter; Grose, Mike

St. Michael & All Angels Church, Crewe Green : monumental inscriptions
Author: South Cheshire Family History Society

Weston Cemetery, Crewe, Cheshire : monumental inscriptions
Author: South Cheshire Family History Society

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Crewe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Church history ( 2 )
Methodism in Crewe
Author: King, Olive E., 1921-1997

Palatinate studies : chapters in the social and industrial history of Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: Chaloner, William Henry, 1914-1987; Ward, William Reginald

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Church records ( 17 )
Christ Church, Chester Street, Crewe : marriage register index, volumes 1 & 2, 1855-1892
Author: Pickering, Les; South Cheshire Family History Society; Church of England. Christ Church (Crewe, Cheshire)

Church records for the Earle Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1875-1947
Author: Earle Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Church records for the Edleston Street New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1888-1934
Author: Edleston Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : New Connexion)

Church records for the Hightown United Methodist Free Chapel, Crewe, 1871-1903
Author: Hightown Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : United Methodist Free)

Church records for the Hightown Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1867-1944
Author: Hightown Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Church records for the Mill Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1864-1951
Author: Mill Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the North Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1880-1951
Author: North Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Oxford Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1888-1951
Author: Oxford Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Ramsbottom Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1918-1969
Author: Ramsbottom Street Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Trinity Chapel, Mill Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Crewe, 1860-1952
Author: Trinity Chapel, Mill Street (Crewe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Warmingham Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Crewe, 1928-1947
Author: Warmingham Road Chapel (Crewe, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Wedgewood Chapel, Primitive Methodist Circuit, Crewe, 1858-1943
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Crewe Circuit (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church register of St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Crewe), 1856-1982
Author: Catholic Church. St. Mary’s (Crewe, Cheshire)

Parish registers of Christ Church (Crewe), 1846-1912
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Barnabas’ Church (Crewe), 1885-1893
Author: Church of England. St. Barnabas’ Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. John Baptist’s, Crewe, 1914-1954
Author: Church of England. St. John Baptist’s Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Paul’s Church, Crewe, 1869-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Crewe – History ( 1 )
Crewe and Nantwich : a pictorial history
Author: Simpson, Richard C.

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Maps ( 2 )
Crewe (East), 1908
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

Crewe, 1908
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Town books, 1679-1795
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Township)

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Schools ( 3 )
School registers for Crewe, Bedford Street School, 1902-1931
Author: Bedford Street Secondary School (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

School registers for Crewe, Edleston Road National, 1875-1928
Author: Edleston Road National School (Crewe, Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

School registers for Crewe, Secondary School, 1902-1930
Author: Crewe Secondary School (Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Crewe – Taxation ( 7 )
Appointment book, 1895-1903
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Borough)

General rate books, 1871-1896
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Borough)

Land tax assessments for Broxton Hundred, 1784-1787, 1789, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Crewe, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Nantwich hundred, 1781-1786, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Outfall sewer rate book, 1883-1937
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Borough)

Town books, 1679-1795
Author: Crewe (Cheshire : Township)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Nantwich
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Nantwich
  • Poor Law Union: Nantwich
  • Hundred: Nantwich
  • Province: York