In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Huncote like this:
HUNCOTE, a hamlet in Narborough parish, Leicester; near the river Soar, the Leicester and Nuneaton railway, and the Fosse way, 6 miles ENE of Hinckley. Acres, 854. Real property, £2, 968; of which £150 are in quarries. Pop., 440. Houses, 95. The manor was known to the Saxons as Hundhoge, and belongs now to the Earl of Stamford. There is an Independent chapel, and there was formerly a chapel of ease.
Huncote through time
Huncote is now part of Blaby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Blaby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Huncote itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Huncote, in Blaby and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10881
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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