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Guthlaxton is an ancient hundred of Leicestershire. Its jurisdiction was in the south of the county, and covered Lutterworth and Wigston Magna and parts of Leicester which were outside the governance of the Borough. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), it was one of Leicestershire's four wapentakes, and covered a much larger area, including Market Bosworth and Hinckley, which would later be made part of the Sparkenhoe Hundred.
The original meeting place of the hundred was at the Guthlaxton stone. The Sparkenhoe Hundred was split from Guthlaxton in 1346.
In the late 19th century the administrative aspects of most hundreds were given to other specialized governmental divisions, e.g., urban and rural district councils, municipal and county boroughs.
List of Parishes
Parish | Description | Notes
| Arnesby | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Ashby Magna | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Ashby Parva | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Aylestone | township, parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Bittesby | parochial liberty, chapelry, civil parish |
| Bitteswell | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Blaby | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Broughton Astley | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Bruntingthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Catthorpe | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Claybrooke | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Claybrooke Magna | township, civil parish |
| Claybrooke Parva | township, civil parish |
| Cosby | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Cotesbach | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Countesthorpe | chapelry, civil parish |
| Dunton Bassett | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Foston | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Freakes Ground | extra parochial area, civil parish |
| Frolesworth | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Gilmorton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Glen Parva | chapelry, civil parish |
| Kilby | chapelry, civil parish |
| Kimcote | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Knaptoft | township, parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Knighton | chapelry, civil parish |
| Leicester New Found Pool | extra parochial area, civil parish |
| Leicester St. Margaret | township, parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Leicester St. Mary | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Leicester the Castle View | extra parochial area, civil parish |
| Leire | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Lutterworth | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Misterton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| New Parks | extra parochial area, civil parish |
| North Kilworth | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Oadby | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Peatling Magna | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Peatling Parva | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Shawell | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Shearsby | township, chapelry, civil parish |
| South Kilworth | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Swinford | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Ullesthorpe | hamlet, civil parish |
| Walton In Knaptoft | hamlet, civil parish |
| Westrill and Starmore | extra parochial area, civil parish |
| Whetstone | chapelry, civil parish |
| Wigston Magna | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Wigston Parva | chapelry, civil parish |
| Willoughby Waterleys | parish (ancient), civil parish |
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