| Bottesford | |
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 St Peter's Church, Bottesford | |
 Bottesford Beck The southern parish boundary | |
  Bottesford Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 11,038 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE895079 |
| • London | 145 mi (233 km) S |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCUNTHORPE |
| Postcode district | DN16, DN17 |
| Dialling code | 01724 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Bottesford is a town inNorth Lincolnshire,Lincolnshire, England.[1]
Historically a village, Bottesford forms a contiguous urban area ofScunthorpe.[2] In the2001 Census, Bottesford's population was recorded as 11,171, falling to 11,038 at the 2011 census.[3] The town is directly south of Scunthorpe, west ofBrigg and north ofGainsborough andKirton in Lindsey.
The name Bottesford derives from theOld Englishbōðlford meaning a 'ford with a dwelling'.[4]
Bottesford is written inDomesday as "Budlesford",[5][6] and until the 20th century it was a small farming village.[7]Yaddlethorpe appears inDomesday as "Laudltorp".[8]
TheGrade I listedAnglicanparish church is dedicated toSt. Peter ad Vincula.[9] The church isEarly English style andcruciform in plan, built on the site of an earlierSaxon church.[10] It was restored in 1870; during restoration were found two Saxon sundials that were incorporated into the south porch.[11][12]
Local landmarks includeBottesford Beck, andBottesford Preceptory where it is said that theKnight's Templar and laterKnights of St John made a base.[13]
Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire, where they had a number ofpreceptories on property which provided income, whileTemple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training.[14] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[15]
There is a library[16] and medical centre[17] on Cambridge Avenue.
There are two junior schools, Bottesford Junior,[18] and Leys Farm Junior School.[19] There is also one primary school, Holme Valley Primary, on Timberland.
The local secondary school, theFrederick Gough School,[20] 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, asecondary modern school on Ashby High Street.[10] Other students travel to the nearbyMelior Community Academy in Scunthorpe[21] which has special links to the Leys Farm junior school.[19]
Theecclesiastical parish is Bottesford St Peters part of the Bottesford with Ashby Team Ministry of theDeanery ofManlake. The team vicar is The Revd Graham Lines.[22][23] Whilst the twoMethodist chapels recorded in 1872 have closed,[24] in 2002 a newBaptist church was opened in Chancel Road, having been meeting in the Civic Hall since 1978.[25]
A civic hall is run by the town council for social events.[26] A sports hall stands adjacent to the football and cricket pitches in Birch Park.[27]
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