East Goscote was a hundred of Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient Goscote hundred into two. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics Goscote was a Wapentake of Leicestershire, England, consisting of the north and north-west of the county It covered the eastern part of today's Charnwood district, along with the northern part of Harborough district, and extended south-east to meet Rutland. This is about the district of Harborough there is also the Harborough constituency. Rutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by
The hundred was created by the subdivision of the Goscote hundred in 1346. [1]
References
- ^ John Curtis, A Topographical History of the County of Leicester (1831)
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