Coppingford
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  Coppingford |
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| OS grid reference | TL167794 |
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| Civil parish | Upton and Coppingford |
| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | North West Cambridgeshire |
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Coordinates: 52°24′N 0°17′W / 52.4°N 0.28°W
Coppingford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] [1] Coppingford lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Coppingford is in the civil parish of Upton and Coppingford. Coppingford is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The main manor house, still in existence, dates from about 1200.
Its name came from Old Norse Kaupmanna = "of the merchants" + Anglo-Saxon ford = "ford".
Government
Coppingford is part of the civil parish of Upton and Coppingford, which has a parish council. The parish council is elected by the residents of the parish who have registered on the electoral roll; the parish council is the lowest tier of government in England. A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields. The parish council reviews all planning applications that might affect the parish and makes recommendations to Huntingdonshire District Council, which is the local planning authority for the parish. The parish council also represents the views of the parish on issues such as local transport, policing and the environment. The parish council raises its own tax to pay for these services, known as the parish precept, which is collected as part of the Council Tax.
Coppingford was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Coppingford became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Coppingford is a part of the district ward of Sawtry for Huntingdonshire District Council[2] and is represented on the district council by two councillors.[3] Coppingford is a part of the electoral division of Sawtry and Ellington for Cambridgeshire County Council[2] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.[4]
At Westminster, Coppingford is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[2] and is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara (Conservative). Shailesh Vara has represented the constituency since 2005. The previous member of parliament was Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1997 and 2005. For the European Parliament Coppingford is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Coppingford was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 34 (the lowest was in 1901) and 89 (the highest was in 1881).[5]
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War).
| Parish |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
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| Coppingford | 40 | 29 | 29 | |||||||
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight. [5]
The parish of Coppingford was merged with the parish of Upton between 1931 and 1951.
References
- 1 2 Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
- 1 2 3 "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntsdc.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors" (pdf). www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011" (xlsx - download). www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Cambridgeshire Insight. Retrieved 12 February 2016.