Huncote

Huncote
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Huncote is located in Leicestershire
Huncote
Huncote
Location within Leicestershire
Area0.388 km2 (0.150 sq mi) [1]
Population1,756 (Census, 2011)[1]
• Density4,526/km2 (11,720/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSP5197
• London101 mi (163 km)
Civil parish
  • Huncote
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE9
Dialling code0116
UK Parliament
WebsiteOfficial website
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°34′19″N 1°14′20″W / 52.5720°N 1.2388°W / 52.5720; -1.2388

Huncote is a village and civil parish in the district of Blaby in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is just west of Narborough, and is on the Thurlaston Brook.

The place-name Huncote is the etymological root of the American surnames Hunnicutt, and Honeycut.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Huncote (Leicestershire)". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Descendants of William Huncote". Retrieved 11 April 2007.