East Goscote was a hundred of Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient Goscote hundred into two. It covered the eastern part of today's Charnwood district, along with the northern part of Harborough district, and extended south-east to meet Rutland. A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Goscote was a wapentake of Leicestershire, consisting of the north and north-west of the county. ... Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named for its main town, Market Harborough. ... Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...