East Goscote | village

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East Goscote is a medium sized village with a population of approximately 3000. The name East Goscote was taken from one of the old Hundreds of Leicester. It is the first new village to be created in Leicestershire since Domesday and is unique in the County.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Goscote

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Coordinates: 52°42'54"N 1°3'17"W

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digbyl (guest)

Built on the site of a WW2 army store for bombs,etc. The large green mounds seen at ground level are concrete stores that were buried as it was easier than demolition.

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