 Village population has fluctuated between 150 and 200 since 1801 and currently remains at just below 200, with an equal distribution of males and females.North Cockerington was formerly known as Cockerington St Mary, distinguishing it from Cockerington St Leonard, now South Cockerington.In 1670 Sir Jarvis Scrope founded six tenements for poor people of North and South Cockerington.