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{{Short description|Hamlet in Lancashire, England}} |
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|latitude= 53.666 |
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|longitude= -2.582 |
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|coordinates = {{coord|53.666|-2.582|display=inline,title}} |
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|official_name= White Coppice |
|official_name= White Coppice |
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|os_grid_reference= SD616190 |
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|civil_parish= [[Anglezarke]] |
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|shire_district= [[Chorley (borough)|Chorley]] |
|shire_district= [[Chorley (borough)|Chorley]] |
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|shire_county= [[Lancashire]] |
|shire_county= [[Lancashire]] |
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|dial_code= 01257 |
|dial_code= 01257 |
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|constituency_westminster= [[Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)|Chorley]] |
|constituency_westminster= [[Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)|Chorley]] |
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|static_image= WhiteCopCC.JPG |
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|static_image_width= 240px |
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|static_image_caption= White Coppice Cricket Ground |
|static_image_caption= White Coppice Cricket Ground |
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|pushpin_map= United Kingdom Borough of Chorley |
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|pushpin_map_caption= Shown within Chorley Borough |
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'''White Coppice''' is a hamlet near [[Chorley]], [[Lancashire]], England. It was the most populated part of the township of [[Anglezarke]]. Close to the settlement in the early 19th century were quarries and small coal mines |
'''White Coppice''' is a hamlet near [[Chorley]], [[Lancashire]], England. It was the most populated part of the township of [[Anglezarke]] in the 19th century. Close to the settlement in the early 19th century were quarries and small coal mines. The hamlet lies to the north of [[Anglezarke Reservoir]] in the [[Rivington]] [[reservoir]] chain built to provide water for [[Liverpool]] in the mid 19th century.<ref name="Past">{{Citation|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1463983|title=Rivington Reservoirs|publisher= Pastscape|access-date=2010-06-17}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{Citation|url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=775 |title=Rivington Reservoirs (main scheme) |publisher=Engineering Timelines |access-date=2010-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223180138/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=775 |archive-date=23 February 2012 }}</ref> To the south west is a hill known as [[Healey Nab]]. |
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White Coppice had a [[cotton mill]] at the start of the [[Industrial Revolution]]. Its mill lodge provided water for a steam engine and before that the mill was powered by a [[waterwheel]] on the |
White Coppice had a [[cotton mill]] at the start of the [[Industrial Revolution]]. Its mill lodge provided water for a steam engine, and before that the mill was powered by a [[waterwheel]] on the [[Black Brook (Chorley)|Black Brook]]. Around 1900 the mill was owned by Alfred Ephraim Eccles, a supporter of the [[Temperance movement]].<ref name="Walk">{{Citation |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/walks/lancashire/8683093.White_Coppice_walk/ |title=White Coppice walk |publisher= Lancashire Telegraph|access-date=2010-12-16}}</ref> |
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==Notable residents== |
==Notable residents== |
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| ⚫ | * [[Walter Haworth]] was born here on 19 March 1883 and won a [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry.<ref name=odnb>{{citation |title=Haworth, Sir (Walter) Norman (1883–1950) |author1=Bircumshaw, L. L.|author2=Horrocks, Sally M. |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33772 | |
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[[File:Midsummer 067.jpg|thumb|Looking towards the ubiquitous [[cricket]] pitch across [[The Goit]]]] |
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[[File:Deanblackbrook.jpg|thumb|Looking towards [[Great Hill]], this view of Dean Black Brook clearly shows evidence of the area's mining past]] |
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| ⚫ | * [[Walter Haworth]] was born here on 19 March 1883 and won a [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry.<ref name=odnb>{{citation |title=Haworth, Sir (Walter) Norman (1883–1950) |author1=Bircumshaw, L. L.|author2=Horrocks, Sally M. |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33772 |access-date=16 December 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Henry Tate|Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet]] was born on 11 March 1819 in White Coppice. He was an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, noted for establishing the [[Tate]] Gallery, London. |
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==Cricket== |
==Cricket== |
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[[Cricket]] is played at a ground in the hamlet. The 1st and 2nd XI cricket teams play in the Moore and Smalley Palace Shield.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://wcoppice.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |title=White Coppice Cricket |publisher=White Coppice play cricket |access-date=2010-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092737/http://wcoppice.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |archive-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> |
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The 1st and 2nd XI cricket teams play in the Moore and Smalley Palace Shield. |
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The [[BBC]] Children's television show [[Sloggers]] was filmed at the cricket ground in 1994.<ref name="Coppice">{{Citation |url=https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/the-sloggers-slogthwaite.257213/ |title=The Sloggers, Slogthwaite |publisher= Talk Photography|access-date=2023-01-29}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons category|White Coppice}} |
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*[http://www.white-coppice.co.uk White Coppice] |
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{{Borough of Chorley geography}} |
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 12 November 2024
| White Coppice | |
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 White Coppice Cricket Ground | |
  White Coppice Shown within Chorley Borough  White Coppice Location within Lancashire | |
| OS grid reference | SD616190 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHORLEY |
| Postcode district | PR6 |
| Dialling code | 01257 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
White Coppice is a hamlet near Chorley, Lancashire, England. It was the most populated part of the township of Anglezarke in the 19th century. Close to the settlement in the early 19th century were quarries and small coal mines. The hamlet lies to the north of Anglezarke Reservoir in the Rivington reservoir chain built to provide water for Liverpool in the mid 19th century.[1][2] To the south west is a hill known as Healey Nab.
White Coppice had a cotton mill at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Its mill lodge provided water for a steam engine, and before that the mill was powered by a waterwheel on the Black Brook. Around 1900 the mill was owned by Alfred Ephraim Eccles, a supporter of the Temperance movement.[3]
Notable residents
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- Walter Haworth was born here on 19 March 1883 and won a Nobel Prize in chemistry.[4]
- Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet was born on 11 March 1819 in White Coppice. He was an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery, London.
Cricket
[edit]Cricket is played at a ground in the hamlet. The 1st and 2nd XI cricket teams play in the Moore and Smalley Palace Shield.[5]
The BBC Children's television show Sloggers was filmed at the cricket ground in 1994.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rivington Reservoirs, Pastscape, retrieved 17 June 2010
- ^ Rivington Reservoirs (main scheme), Engineering Timelines, archived from the original on 23 February 2012, retrieved 16 December 2010
- ^ White Coppice walk, Lancashire Telegraph, retrieved 16 December 2010
- ^ Bircumshaw, L. L.; Horrocks, Sally M., "Haworth, Sir (Walter) Norman (1883–1950)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 16 December 2010
- ^ White Coppice Cricket, White Coppice play cricket, archived from the original on 15 July 2011, retrieved 22 December 2010
- ^ The Sloggers, Slogthwaite, Talk Photography, retrieved 29 January 2023
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to White Coppice.