Bottesford, Lincolnshire
- This page is about the English village of Bottesford in Lincolnshire. There is another place with the same name in Leicestershire: see Bottesford, Leicestershire.
Coordinates: 53°33′39″N 0°39′01″W / 53.560909°N 0.65026331°W
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 St Peter's church, Bottesford |
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 Bottesford
Bottesford shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE 89501 07990 |
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| Unitary authority | North Lincolnshire |
| Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Scunthorpe |
| Postcode district | DN16 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Scunthorpe |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Bottesford is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is joined to southern Scunthorpe, and is defined by the B1501 road to the north and Bottesford Beck to the south. The River Trent lies to the west, with a boundary line approximately along Grammar School Walk, Richmond Close and Winchester Way to the east. Bottesford parish includes the hamlet of Yaddlethorpe, and Bottesford Moor.
In the 2001 census, Bottesford's population was recorded as 11,177.
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[edit] History and landmarks
Bottesford is written in Domesday as Budlesford, and until the 20th century it was a small farming village.
The Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula[1] The church is Early English and cruciform in plan, built on the site of an earlier Saxon church.[2] It was restored in 1870; during restoration were found two Saxon sundials that were incorporated into the south porch.[3] Queen Elizabeth II visited the parish on her Golden Jubilee tour in July 2002.[citation needed]
Local landmarks include Bottesford Beck, and Bottesford Preceptory where it is said[by whom?] that the Knight's Templar of St John made a base.
[edit] Amenities and schools
There is a library[4] and medical centre[5] on Cambridge Avenue. The local secondary school, the Frederick Gough School, opened in 1960 as Ashby Grammar School. It became Bottesford Grammar School, then Frederick Gough Grammar School named after the first chairman of the school governors. It became comprehensive in 1969 when it joined with Ashby Girls' Secondary School, a secondary modern school on Ashby High Street.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "St Peter ad Vincula", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage; retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ "Bottesford", genuki.org.uk; retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 75-76; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ "Bottesford Library", North Lincolnshire Council; retrieved 30 June 2011
- ^ "Cambridge Medical Centre"; retrieved 30 June 2011
[edit] External links
- Leys Farm Junior School
- Holme Valley Primary School
- Bottesford Infants School
- Frederick Gough School
- Bottesford with Ashby Team Ministry (which includes St. Peter ad Vincula Church, Bottesford)
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