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. See Crewe.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))