What is "hoton"

Hoton is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the A60, north-east of Loughborough. The village is just south of the border with Nottinghamshire. Nearby places are Prestwold (to the south), Wymeswold (to the east), and Rempstone (to the north, in Nottinghamshire). Hoton includes a small burial ground in the centre of the village. According to the 2011 Census the population is 353 people.

In 1870, Hoton was described as:

"A township and chapelry in Prestwold parish, Leicester; near the river Soar and the boundary with Notts, 3¼ miles NE of Loughborough railway station"