Bottesford is a town in

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. T ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. Historically a village, Bottesford forms a contiguous urban area of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

. In the 2001 Census, Bottesford's population was recorded as 11,171, falling to 11,038 at the 2011 census. The town is directly south of Scunthorpe, west of

Brigg Brigg (Wikipedia:IPA for English#Key, /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies ...

and north of Gainsborough and

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History and landmarks

Bottesford is written in ''

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'' as "Budlesford", and until the 20th century it was a small farming village.

Yaddlethorpe Yaddlethorpe is a district in the south of Scunthorpe, in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It is close to the M180 and next to Bottesford, divided by the A159 road. It is in the civil parish o ...

appears in ''Domesday'' as "Laudltorp". The

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listed

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is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula. The church is Early English style and

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in plan, built on the site of an earlier

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church."Bottesford"
Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2011 It was restored in 1870; during restoration were found two Saxon sundials that were incorporated into the south porch. Local landmarks include Bottesford Beck, and Bottesford Preceptory where it is said that the Knight's Templar and later

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made a base.

Lincolnshire preceptories

Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire, where they had a number of preceptories on property which provided income, while Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training. The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were: * Aslackby Preceptory, Kesteven () * Bottesford, Lindsey () *

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, Kesteven () * Great Limber, Lindsey () *

Horkstow Horkstow is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, south-west from Barton-upon-Humber, south from South Ferriby and north from Brigg. It lies on the B1204 road, B1204, and east from the navigable River Ancholme.

, Lindsey () * Witham Preceptory, Kesteven () * Temple Bruer, Kesteven () * Willoughton Preceptory, Lindsey () * Byard's Leap () was part of the Temple Bruer estate.

Amenities and schools

There is a library and medical centre on Cambridge Avenue. There are two junior schools, Bottesford Junior, and Leys Farm Junior School. There is also one primary school, Holme Valley Primary, on Timberland. 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

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on Ashby High Street. Other students travel to the nearby Melior Community Academy in Scunthorpe which has special links to the Leys Farm junior school. The

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is Bottesford St Peters part of the Bottesford with Ashby Team Ministry of the

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of Manlake. The team vicar is The Revd Graham Lines. Whilst the two

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chapels recorded in 1872 have closed, in 2002 a new

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church was opened in Chancel Road, having been meeting in the Civic Hall since 1978. A civic hall is run by the town council for social events. A sports hall stands adjacent to the football and cricket pitches in Birch Park.

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* {{Authority control Towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Borough of North Lincolnshire Scunthorpe