Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cockerton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Cockerton, township, Darlington par., S. Durham, on affluent of river Skerne, NW. of and partly in Darlington mun. bor., 1808 ac., pop. 2778; P.O.