Coppingford | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 202 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TL167794 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Huntingdon |
Postcode district | PE28 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Coppingford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Upton and Coppingford, in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Coppingford lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Huntingdon. 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. [citation needed] In 1931 the parish had a population of 29.[2] The population at the 2011 Census of Upton and Coppingford was 202.[3]
Its name came from Old Norse Kaupmanna = "of the merchants" + Anglo-Saxon ford = "ford".