Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GUTHLAXTON

GUTHLAXTON, a hundred in Leicester; bounded on the E by Gartree, on the S by Northampton and Warwick, on the W by Sparkenhoe. It contains thirty-one parishes, and parts of five others. Acres, 64, 943. Pop. in 1851, 22, 237; in 1861, 21, 894. Houses, 5, 048.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Leicestershire AncC
Place: Guthlaxton

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