[citation needed] The chapter house is a Grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument.

Two Roman statuettes were discovered on Cockersand Moss near the abbey site in 1718, possibly indicating the presence of a Romano-British shrine nearby.

One statuette of Mars, which was part of Lord Arundel's collection that William Stukeley exhibited in 1719 to the Society of Antiquaries was an inscription which has been recorded as DEO MARTI NODONTI AVRJELIVS ..... CINVS SIG (Deo Marti Nodonti Aurelius ..... cinus sig(illum)).

[8][9][10][11] The civil parish of Cockersand Abbey was created as a local government unit in 1858, and was part of Lancaster Rural District.

[12] The population was recorded as 26 in 1871, 53 in 1901, and 25 in 1931[13] The parish included the area around the abbey and extended north and south along the coast.