Hoton

Hoton
Hoton Village
Hoton is located in Leicestershire
Hoton
Hoton
Location within Leicestershire
OS grid referenceSK 57475 22566
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE12
Dialling code01509
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°47′51″N 1°08′56″W / 52.7976°N 1.14902°W / 52.7976; -1.14902

Hoton is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, on the A60 north-east of Loughborough, just south of the border with Nottinghamshire. Nearby places are Prestwold (to the south), Wymeswold (to the east), and Rempstone (to the north, in Nottinghamshire). At the 2011 Census, the population was 353.[1]

Total Population of Hoton as reported by the census population 1811-2011

In 1870, Hoton was described as:

"A township and chapelry in Prestwold parish, Leicester; near the river Soar and the boundary with Notts, 3¼ miles NE of Loughborough railway station"[2]
  1. ^ "2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1st ed.). Edinburgh: A.Fullarton & Co. Retrieved 9 March 2014.