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People, community and memory
  • Muston School in 1940
    Muston School in 1940
    Remembered by Gerald Coy
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    The "Duchess of Sutherland" passes through!
    10 seconds of bliss at Bottesford station
  • Find out about our latest project
    Find out about our latest project
    Bottesford Parish World War One Centenary
  • Explore our Online Archive
    Explore our Online Archive
    road men at their ease outside the Red Lion, Grantham Road
  • Angels and Dragons: faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
    Angels and Dragons: faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
    Learn about the history of this beautiful Grade-1 Listed church: Buy the Book!

This website is a living history of the parish of Bottesford and Muston in Leicestershire. The editors are all members of the Bottesford History Group.

Through the site, people share their memories, photos, maps and information about Bottesford, past and present. Find out how you can contribute your own words and pictures.

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  • Remembering Pte. Cyril Gale

    Remembering Pte. Cyril Gale

    7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of Wounds, 27th April 1918. Age 19 years.
  • Alfred Calcraft, b1865 Muston

    Alfred Calcraft, b1865 Muston

    A soldier recording his service in needlepoint
  • Soldiers of the Spick family

    Soldiers of the Spick family

    Joseph Spick and his sons Robert, Charles, Percy and Benjamin
  • Commemorating men lost from the Vale of Belvoir in the the first week of the German Spring Offensive - 21st March, 1918

    Commemorating men lost from the Vale of Belvoir in the the first week of the German Spring Offensive - 21st March, 1918

    Centenary Remembrance Service St Guthlac's Church, Stathern Saturday 24th March 2018
  • Remembering Sgt. John Richard Robinson

    Remembering Sgt. John Richard Robinson

    5th Battalion Machine Gun Corp. Died of Wounds 11th April 1918
  • Remembering Pte. Philip Sutton

    Remembering Pte. Philip Sutton

    1/6th Durham Light Infantry, Killed in Action on the 24th March 1918
  • Remembering Sgt. Walter Hardy DCM

    Remembering Sgt. Walter Hardy DCM

    16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters ‘Chatsworth Rifles’. Killed in Action 21st March 1918
  • A ‘Roll Call’ of WW1 servicemen

    A ‘Roll Call’ of WW1 servicemen

    From the parishes of Bottesford and Muston, Leicestershire.
  • Farewell to the Red Lion?

    Farewell to the Red Lion?

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  • Lest We Forget: Bottesford & Muston in the Great War

    Lest We Forget: Bottesford & Muston in the Great War

    Now available
  • Remembering Pte. Cyril Gale

    Remembering Pte. Cyril Gale

    7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of Wounds, 27th April 1918. Age 19 years.
  • Soldiers of the Spick family

    Soldiers of the Spick family

    Joseph Spick and his sons Robert, Charles, Percy and Benjamin
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  • Lindsey on Farewell to the Red Lion?I hope the Red Lion stays. My nana was the landlady there from 1962-82. My happy childhood memories were here...

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