St Lawrence's Church, Coppenhall is a

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in the

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Coppenhall Coppenhall is a small settlement in Staffordshire, England. Coppenhall lies southwest of Stafford and NNW of Penkridge with Baron Stafford as lord of the manor. The parish of ~ is bounded on the east by the Pothooks Brook. The centre of the v ...

, Staffordshire.

History

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," 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 Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock, east of Telford and south-east of Newport, Shro ...

parish after the

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. The church registers commence in 1678 and are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office. A church existed at Coppenhall by 1200, it being a dependency of

College by 1261, having also had a vicarage ordained by 1291. The 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.L. Margaret Midgley (editor), ''A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5 - East Cuttlestone Hundred,'' Victoria County History, UK, 1959, pp.141-143
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