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| Name | Cuckney |
| Alt names | Norton-Cuckney | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Bonbusk | source: hamlet in parish | | Milnthorpe | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.25°N 1.133°W |
| Located in | Nottinghamshire, England |
| See also | Bassetlaw Wapentake, Nottinghamshire, England | Wapentake in which the place was located | | Blyth and Cuckney Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1894-1925 | | Worksop Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Cuckney from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "CUCKNEY, a village, a township, and a parish in Worksop [registration] district, Notts. The village stands 5½ miles S by W of Worksop [railway] station, and 8 N by E of Mansfield; has a post office under Mansfield; and was once a market-town. The township includes also the hamlets of Bonbusk and Milnthorpe. Population: 540. Houses: 99.
- "The parish contains likewise the townships of Norton, Holbeck, and Langwith; and bears the name of Norton-Cuckney. Acres: 5,510. Real property: £6,889. Population: 1,454. Houses: 261. The property is all in one estate. A number of the inhabitants are employed in cotton and stuff mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value: £250. Patron, Earl Mangers. The church is old but good; and there are a chapel of ease, a Wesleyan preaching-room, and a parochial school.
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