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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Costock like this:
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.
Costock is now part of RUSHCLIFFE District. Click here for graphs and data of how RUSHCLIFFE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Costock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Costock, in Rushcliffe and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7349
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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