Guthlaxton
Guthlaxton is one of the hundreds of Leicestershire, located in the south of the county, adjacent to the borders with Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. It is bounded to the north-west by Sparkenhoe; to the east by Gartree Hundred; to the south-east by Northamptonshire, and to the south-west by Warwickshire. Including much of southern Leicester, it had a population of 185,411 in 2011.
It comprises the following ancient parishes:
- Arnesby
- Ashby Magna
- Ashby Parva
- Aylestone (except Lubbesthorpe)*
- Bitteswell
- Blaby
- Broughton Astley
- Bruntingthorpe
- Castle View (ex. par.)
- Catthorpe
- Claybrooke (except Wibtoft)†
- Cosby
- Cotesbach
- Dunton Bassett
- Foston
- Frolesworth
- Gilmorton
- Kilby
- Kimcote
- Knaptoft (except Mowsley)‡
- Leicester St Mary (South Fields)§
- Leicester St Margaret (Knighton)‖
- Leire
- Lutterworth
- Misterton
- North Kilworth
- Oadby
- Peatling Magna
- Peatling Parva
- Shawell
- Swinford
- South Kilworth
- Westrill and Starmore (ex. par.)
- Whetstone
- Wigston Magna
- Willoughby Waterless
*: In Sparkenhoe hundred.
†: In Warwickshire.
‡: In Gartree hundred.
§: Remainder in Sparkenhoe hundred.
‖: Remainder in Gartree hundred.
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East Goscote • Framland • Gartree • Guthlaxton • Sparkenhoe • West Goscote |