[1] The village's name is of mixed Viking and Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse and Old English for a outlying farmstead or settlement with an abundance of either chickens or gamebirds.

[2] In the Domesday Book, Cockthorpe is recorded as a settlement of 5 households in the hundred of Greenhoe.

Cockthorpe's parish church is located on Airfield Road and dates back to the Eleventh or Twelfth Centuries.

[7] All Saints' fell into disuse during the Second World War but features Medieval wall paintings which were uncovered in the 1990s as well as stained-glass windows designed by J.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.