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Cossall

Census

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Church History

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Church Records

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Description and Travel

Cossall is a small village just northeast of Nottinghamshire's border with Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is west of Nottingham town, standing on the east bank of the River Ere Wash, just off the A6096 between Ilkeston and Kimberley; about one mile NNW of the Trowell M1 Service Station which is just to the south of Junction 26.

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History

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Maps

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Military Records

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Names, Geographical

Cossall derives from the old English combination of "Cott + halh" or "Nook of land of a man called Cott". The parish is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book (1086) as COTESHALE.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]

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Politics and Governance

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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Population

     Year  Inhabitants
1991 616
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[Last updated: 3-June-2006 - Louis Mills]