Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOSCOTE (West)

GOSCOTE (West), a hundred in Leicester; bounded by Derby, Notts, East Goscote, and Sparkenhoe. It contains Ashby-de-la-Zouch parish, twenty-four other parishes, and parts of five others. Acres, 84, 825. Pop. in 1851, 50, 338; in 1861, 51, 427. Houses, 11, 262.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Leicestershire AncC
Place names: GOSCOTE     |     GOSCOTE WEST     |     WEST GOSCOTE
Place: West Goscote

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