Within range of the manor or public land (Go, Ho, etc.) which was a governing unit, sosho (the autonomous village community) and sogo (a village community), which were formed by unifying more than one soson, sometimes appeared.
支配単位である荘園や公領（郷・保など）の範囲で、複数の惣村がさらに結合する惣荘（そうしょう）・惣郷（そうごう）が形成されることもあった。