Gartree Hundred

Gartree Hundred in Leicestershire

Gartree is one of the hundreds of Leicestershire, located in the south-east of the county, adjacent to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. It is bounded to the west by Guthlaxton; to the north by East Goscote Hundred; to the east by Rutland, and to the south by Northamptonshire. There is also a short border with Sparkenhoe in the very east. The hundred has three detached parts, the northernmost two of which also border Framland. Including much of eastern Leicester, it had a population of 138,440 in 2011.

It comprises the following ancient parishes:

• Billesdon
• Blaston
• Bringhurst
• Burrough on the Hill
• Burton Overy
• Carlton Curlieu
• Church Langton
• Cranoe
• Evington
• Fleckney
• Foxton
• Galby
• Glooston
• Great Bowden
• Great Glen
• Gumley
• Hallaton
• Horninghold
• Houghton on the Hill
• Hungerton (Baggrave and Ingarsby)^*
• Husband's Bosworth
• Kibworth Beauchamp
• King's Norton
• Knaptoft (Mowsley)^†
• Knossington
• Laughton
• Leicester All Saints, St Margaret, St Leonard, St Martin & St Nicholas
• Leicester Blackfriars (ex. par.)
• Leicester Augustine Friars (ex. par.)
• Lubenham
• Medbourne
• Noseley
• Owston
• Pickwell with Leisthorpe
• Saddington
• Scraptoft
• Shangton
• Slawston
• Stockerston
• Stoke Dry (Holyoaks)^‡
• Stonton Wyville
• Theddingworth (except Hothorpe)^§
• Thurnby
• Tilton (Marefield)^*
• Tugby (Keythorpe)^*
• Welham
• Wistow

^*: Remainder in East Goscote hundred.
^†: Remainder in Guthlaxton hundred.
^‡: Remainder in Rutland.
^§: In Northamptonshire