COSSAL, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of BROXTOW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 6£
miles (W.N.W.) from Nottingham, containing 317 inha^
bitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to
the rectory of Wollaton, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham,
and diocese of York, endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £ 200 royal bounty. The Nottingham
canal proceeds through this parish to the northward,
in a serpentine direction) and the river Erewash
runs on the west side, separating it from Derbyshire.
In the village is an hospital, founded by the ancient
family of Willoughby, for four old men and four old
women, who have coal, clothing, and two shillings per
week each: there is a small bequest for a free school.