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People, community and memory
  • Our WW1 servicemen
    Our WW1 servicemen
    A ‘Roll Call’ of the men from Bottesford and Muston who served with the armed forces during the First World War, those who died doing their duty and those who survived the fighting. Find out about the lives of these brave men them, who they were, what they did  …….
  • 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
  • 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., Reginald Cecil Pritchett, 1/5th Btn., Sherwood Foresters, Nott., & Derby Regiment

    Remembering Pte., Reginald Cecil Pritchett, 1/5th Btn., Sherwood Foresters, Nott., & Derby Regiment

    Killed in action, 20th August 1918
  • Remembering Capt. H. Walter S. Hatton, 2nd Bn., South Staffs., Regiment

    Remembering Capt. H. Walter S. Hatton, 2nd Bn., South Staffs., Regiment

    Killed in action, 23rd August 1918
  • Gordon Banks opens the Davis estate, early 1970s I think.

    Gordon Banks opens the Davis estate, early 1970s I think.

  • Remembering Pte. Thomas William Skinner

    Remembering Pte. Thomas William Skinner

    2nd Bn., Leicestershire Regiment, Died on the 11th June 1918
  • Remembering L/Cpl Charles Baines

    Remembering L/Cpl Charles Baines

    2nd Bn., East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds, 28th May 1918
  • 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
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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., Reginald Cecil Pritchett, 1/5th Btn., Sherwood Foresters, Nott., & Derby Regiment

    Remembering Pte., Reginald Cecil Pritchett, 1/5th Btn., Sherwood Foresters, Nott., & Derby Regiment

    Killed in action, 20th August 1918
  • Remembering Capt. H. Walter S. Hatton, 2nd Bn., South Staffs., Regiment

    Remembering Capt. H. Walter S. Hatton, 2nd Bn., South Staffs., Regiment

    Killed in action, 23rd August 1918
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