Goscote (wapentake)
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Not to be confused with Goscote, Walsall
Goscote was a wapentake of Leicestershire, England, consisting of the north and north-west of the county. It was recorded in the Domesday Book,[citation needed] but as the wapentakes evolved to form hundreds, was split into East Goscote hundred and West Goscote hundred in 1346.[1]
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- ^ John Curtis, A Topographical History of the County of Leicester (1831)
Coordinates: 52°45′N 1°06′W / 52.75°N 1.10°W
It is also a suburb of Walsall, West Midlands, up the road from both Coalpool and Rushall.
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