Costock (Cortlingstock)
Description in 1871:
"COSTOCK, or Cortlingstock, a parish in the district of Loughborough and county of Nottingham; on an affluent of the river Soar, adjacent to the boundary with Leicester, 4¾ miles E of Kegworth r. station, and 8¾ S of Nottingham. Post town, East Leake, under Loughborough. Acres, 1, 320. Real property, £2, 648. Pop., 440. Houses, 103. The property is divided among a few. Some of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £395. Patron, the Rev.S. Millard. The church is ungainly but good."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was reassigned to the Basford sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Giles.
- The church was built around 1359.
- A "rough" restoration was done in 1688.
- The western end of the church was rebuilt in 1863 and the rest restored.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The church was in the rural deanery of South Bingham.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1828.
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was reassigned to the Basford sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish and village lie about 120 miles north of London and 9 miles due south of Nottingham.
The village sits along a small stream between hills. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A60 north out of Loughborough toward Nottingham. The A60 passes through Rempstone and the next village is Costock.
- Costock Manor House was a low, unimposing building dating from the sixteenth century.
- The national grid reference is SK 5726.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and it became a Civil Parish as well.
- The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
- In 1761 the Common Land was enclosed here.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Loughborough Poor Law Union in Leicestershire.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
244 |
| 1851 |
493 |
| 1871 |
426 |
| 1881 |
311 |
| 1891 |
287 |
| 1901 |
287 |
| 1911 |
301 |
| 1921 |
307 |
- A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1840 to hold up to 150 children.
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[Last updated: 6-October-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
