Historically a village, Bottesford forms a contiguous urban area of
Scunthorpe.[2] In the
2001 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 of
Brigg and north of
Gainsborough and
Kirton in Lindsey.
History and landmarks
Bottesford is written in Domesday as "Budlesford",[4][5] and until the 20th century it was a small farming village.[6] Yaddlethorpe appears in Domesday as "Laudltorp".[7]
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.[13] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[14]
There is a library[15] and medical centre[16] on Cambridge Avenue.
There are two junior schools, Bottesford Junior,[17] and Leys Farm Junior School.[18] There is also one primary school, Holme Valley Primary, on Timberland.
The local secondary school, the
Frederick Gough School,[19] 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.[9] Other students travel to the nearby
Melior Community Academy in Scunthorpe[20] which has special links to the Leys Farm junior school.[18]
The
ecclesiastical parish is Bottesford St Peters part of the Bottesford with Ashby Team Ministry of the
Deanery of
Manlake. The team vicar is The Revd Graham Lines.[21][22] Whilst the two
Methodist chapels recorded in 1872 have closed,[23] in 2002 a new
Baptist church was opened in Chancel Road, having been meeting in the Civic Hall since 1978.[24]
A civic hall is run by the town council for social events.[25] A sports hall stands adjacent to the football and cricket pitches in Birch Park.[26]
^"A Vision of Britain through Time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 15 April 2013. p. History of Bottesford in North Lincolnshire. Retrieved 14 April 2013.Population 1891=298, 1921=315, 1951=1515. 1961=3120