Huncote Parish Council

This photograph is taken at the bottom of Brook Street. The footpath/jitty leads to Main Street.

Parish Council Office:

Phone: 01455 550135

e-mail: huncotepc@aol.com

Huncote is a small rural village lying some 10km (six miles)south west of the City of Leicester. The population is around 2,000 with 1,365 persons on the electoral register.
The near by Croft Hill was an important meeting place as early as 836 A.D. when Wiglaf, King of Mercia, held a Council there.It also holds a macabre place in History as on one occasion, it was a place of execution for forty-one men, sometime after St. Andrew's day (30th November) of 1124.
In the 18th Century the villagers' chief occupation was domestic framework knitting. This was replaced during Queen Victoria's reign by quarrying, which improved transport by providing better roadways. The old handmade setts can still be seen as kerb stones in the older parts of the village.
The population at this time was just over 500, and the village extended from an area bounded by Main or bridge Street, Church Back Lane and Thurlaston Brook, with Cheney End, the Mill and Hall Farm on the opposite side of Main Street, to include new houses on Forest Road as far as Duncan Avenue.
The school at the bottom of the Brook Street was completed in 1852 and two new chapels were built; the Primitive methodists on Cheney End in 1874 and the Baptist on Main Street in 1876. St. James Church of England was dedicated in 1898 but was never fully completed. Huncote Cemetery was opened in 1897.
Modern day Huncote has a population of 2000 and has had no major housing developments since 1960s. There are two churches, St. James Church of England on the Narborough Road and the Huncote Methodist Church situated on Forest Road.
There is an active community centre attached to the Huncote primary School on Denman Lane. The Pavilion(previously known as the Blaby Leisure Centre) offers a wide range of activities for people of all ages. Huncote also has an Amateur Theatrical Society( H.A.T.S.) and a Partnership Library situated in the school grounds.