Cotes
Description in 1871:
"COTES, a township in Prestwold parish, Leicester; on the river Soar, near the Midland railway, 1 mile NE of Loughborough. Real property, £1, 2 46. Pop., 55."
"John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-1872"
- There appears to be no Anglican parish church in Cotes.
- The church would have been in the rural deanery of East Akeley.
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Cotes is a village, a township and was, for a period, a parish. It is on the River Soar, 1 mile east of Loughborough. The parish covered 489 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle. The parish abuts Nottinghamshire county to the north.
If you are planning a visit:
- There is a bridge across the River Soar connected the village to Loughborough.
- By automobile, take the A60 north out of Loughborough toward Nottingham. The A60 passes over the bridge, above, into the village.
- There are photographs of the parish at Geograph.
- This place was once full of market gardens and small farms.
- This place was abandoned in medieval times, probably because of plague. The Hall at Cotes remained for some time.
- A bridge across the River Soar connects the village to Loughborough. There was a minor battle at Cotes Bridge during the English Civil War.
- The national grid reference is SK 5520
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient township in Prestwold parish. It became a Civil Parish in 1866.
- Cotes appears to have reverted to a township by 1881.
- The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the mid division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
59 |
| 1881 |
52 |
| 1891 |
54 |
| 1901 |
53 |
| 1911 |
57 |
| 1921 |
39 |
| 1931 |
42 |
| 1951 |
62 |
| 1961 |
62 |
| 1991 |
41 |
- In 1733, Joseph THOMPSON left £100 to generate interest which was used to educate 10 boys.
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1846 on Far Street to hold 110 children.
- A Public Elementary School for infants was built here in 1838 on East Street to hold 94 infants.
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[Created: 10-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
