 The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2014.The village is mentioned in the "Domesday Book" as being in the "Allerton" Hundred and listed as "Cahosbi".At the time of the Norman invasion the lands were recorded as belonging to Edwin, Earl of Mercia, but were ceded soon afterwards to King William I, though the manor was in the hands of "Hugh, son of Baldric".