Description
Cossington, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, on the rivers Soar and Wreak, and on the M.R., adjacent to the Fosse Way, 1 mile S of Sileby railway station, and 2 miles SE of Mount Sorrel, with a post office under Leicester; money order office, Sileby; telegraph office, Sileby (R.S.) Acreage, 1558 ; population, 371. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £400 with residence. The church is Early English, with a square tower, has a piscina and stalls, and is very good.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
