COTTESBACH, a parish in the hundred of GUTHLAXTON, county of LEICESTER, 1 mile (S. by W.) from Lutterworth, containing 118 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Marriott. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.