East Goscote Hundred was a
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
of
Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient
Goscote
Goscote was a wapentake in the county of Leicestershire, England; consisting of the north and north-west of the county. It was recorded in the Domesday Book, but as the wapentakes evolved to form hundreds, was split into East Goscote Hundred
...
hundred (also known as a
Wapentake
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, ...
) into two. It covered the eastern part of today's
Charnwood district, along with the northern part of
Harborough District
Harborough () is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering , the district is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter o ...
, and extended south-east to meet
Rutland.
The hundred was created by the sub-division of the Goscote hundred in 1346. A parish in the East Goscote Hundred was Prestwould (later named
Prestwold
Prestwold is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of around 60. The population at the 2011 census remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish
In En ...
).
Today, the name of the East Goscote Hundred lives on in the 20th century village of
East Goscote
East Goscote is a modern village and civil parish in the Borough of Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, just north of the market town of Syston. It is a medium-sized village, with a population measured at 2,866 in the 2011 censu ...
.
References
External links
Map of East Goscote
Ancient subdivisions of Leicestershire
Borough of Charnwood
Harborough District
{{Leicestershire-geo-stub