Costock

The Library at Nottingham is an excellent resource.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of St. Giles and the churchyard gate on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2008.

• 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 table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Giles.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Costock Parish Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2008.
   
• 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 just south of a small stream, the Kingston Brook, 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.
   
• Andy JAMIESON has a photograph of a Main Street scene on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2009.
   
• Chris J. DIXON has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2005. You should stop in and ask for a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Costock to another place.

• J. THOMAS has a photograph of The Generous Briton pub on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2013.
   

• Costock Manor House was a low, unimposing building dating from the sixteenth century.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK576263 (Lat/Lon: 52.831153, -1.146503), Costock which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Costock has a War Memorial which is a stained glass window in the church, dedicated in March 1920.

The men honored on the memorial are:

1. Second-Lieut John J. T. OLDERSHAW, KOYLI
2. Corporal Joseph CHEVINS, S. Staffs
3. Private George CHEVINS, 1st Grenadier Guards
4. John E. CLAY, 5th Leicesters
5. Ernest NEWMAN, 9th Leicesters
6. Geo. W. POULSON, N. Staffs
7. Joseph SMITH, 5th Leicesters
8. Walter STAPLES, 2nd Leicesters
9. John R. WALKER, S. Staffs

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and it became a Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local Costock Parish Council regarding civic or politcal issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham Petty Sessions Court.
   
• 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
1841	470
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.