COCKERHAM, a parish in the hundred of LONSDALE, south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, comprising the chapelry of Ellel, and the township of Cockerham, and containing 2624 inhabitants, of which number, 773 are in the township of Cockerham, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Garstang. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £,10. 16. 8., and in the patronage of the Lords of Cockerham manor. There is a school-house at the north-east corner of the churchyard, erected by subscription in 168], with an endowment in land, producing £15 per annum: about eighteen children are taught upon this foundation. A fair for pedlary is held on Easter- Monday. Courts leet and baron are attached to the manor.