PRESTWOULD, a parish in the eastern division of
the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 3 miles
(E.N.E.) from Loughborough, containing, with the
chapelry of Hoton, and the townships of Burton on the
Wolds, and Coates, 974 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and
diocese of Lincoln, and in the patronage of C. Packe,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.