Huncote
| Huncote | |
| Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
 View up Main Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP5197 |
| Location: | 52°34’19"N, 1°14’20"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,756 (2011) |
| Post town: | Leicester |
| Postcode: | LE9 |
| Dialling code: | 0116 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Blaby |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Leicestershire |
Huncote is a village in Leicestershire. It is just west of Narborough, and is on the Thurlaston Brook.
The place-name Huncote is believed to be the etymological root of the surnames Hunnicutt and Honeycut.[1]
The Village
The village is small but still benefits from several amenities including a village pub (The Red Lion),[2] Post Office, food shops, three hairdressers, a fish and chip shop and a local park.
The playing field in the village is a King George V Playing Field, one of many established across the kingdom in memorial to King George V.
At the edge of the village is Huncote Leisure Centre and further along the Forest Road, near to the M69 motorway is the home of Leicester Animal Aid, a pet rescue centre. Huncote boasts two newsagents, 3 hairdressers, a fish & chip shop a takeaway a post office, a pub, a woodyard also Alexandra House, a residential care home for the elderly.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Huncote) |
References
- ↑ "Descendants of William Huncote". http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Deanna-L-Barton/GENE41-0001.html. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ↑ "The Red Lion, Huncote, Leicestershire". beerintheevening.com. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/11947/Red_Lion/Huncote.
