Coppull, Lancashire Family History Guide
Coppull is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1717 from a chapelry in Standish Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Welsh Whittle and Charnock Richard.
Alternative names: Coppul
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1757
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1793
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Coppull
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
COPPULL, a township, and an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Standish, union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Chorley; the township containing 1031 inhabitants.
Richard Fitz-Thomas, lord of Coppull, before the general use of dates in charters, gave to the priory of Burscough a part of his land, and “pannage in the woods of Coppull, with common of pasture, and all the easements and liberties appertaining to the town of Coppull.” In the 5th of Charles I., Edward Rigbye held the manor, which was subsequently sold to the Hodgson family.
The township was originally skirted by a copse, and hence, probably, derived its name; it is of level surface, and commands fine views of the Rivington hills. There is an extensive coal-mine, also some print-works; see Birkacre. One of the stations of the North-Union railway is situated here.
The ecclesiastical district includes the townships of Charnock-Richard and Welsh-Whittle: the living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £120; patron, the Rector of Standish. The church was built in 1657, rebuilt and enlarged in 1758, and repaired in 1840. The tithes of Coppull have been commuted for £261. 12. 6.
A national school was built in 1847.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Welsh Whittle
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WHITTLE, WELSH, a township, in the district chapelry of Coppull, parish of Standish, union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 3 miles (S. W.) from Chorley; containing 149 inhabitants.
This township, under the name of Walsewythull, was held of the earls of Lincoln by the Banastre family in the reign of Henry III. In that of Edward III., Sir William Careles held the manor, so called, of Walshwittell. In 1707 it was forfeited by the treason of William Dickenson, then owner, but, owing to legal technicality, the manor was not seized by the crown; and the Dicconsons, his descendants, have since been the principal proprietors.
Welsh-Whittle Hall has long been the property of the Harveys. The road from Preston to Wigan passes through the northeastern part of the township. The tithes have been commuted for £84. 12. 10.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Chorley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Manchester
- Rural Deanery: Leyland
- Poor Law Union: Chorley
- Hundred: Leyland
- Province: York