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Walcote

WALCOTE, a hamlet, in the parish of Misterton, union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 1¾ mile (E. by S.) from Lutterworth; containing 521 inhabitants. This is a large irregularly-built village, situated about half a mile east of the parish church. The soil in the vicinity is a dark rich mould, resting upon sand, with some gravel. At the inclosure of the commons in 1797, an allotment of eleven acres was awarded to the poor; of this, about three acres are let for £5. 10. a year, and the remainder is divided into garden-plots, and let to poor families at the rate of 9d. per hundred yards. The proceeds, £19, are distributed in the winter season among all the poor of the village. Walcote chapel, dedicated to St. Martin, has been destroyed. Land was assigned in lieu of tithes, in 1797.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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