Laurel and Hardy: a Life in Comedy
Bottesford Local History Society talk by Dave McCormack
Boxing Day 2012
Charity Duck Race, Forester Morris Men and the Greenwood Clog Dancers
Grantham Museum
Heritage Discovery Day, November 2nd
St Mary's on Google
Take a close look at our parish church from the comfort of your armchair!
Medieval Carvings at St Mary's
Part 2 - Carvings on the Church Tower
Medieval Carvings in St Mary's
Part 1 - 13th Century Faces in the Aisles
A picture by Percy Stimpson
From the Bottesford History Archive
Winter scene - Devon Lane
From the Bottesford History Archive
Beaumanor History Fair, Woodhouse, LE12 8TX
Sunday, 25th March, 2012, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
St Mary's, Bottesford - The South Transept Window
The Nativity story - dedicated to the memory of Lady Janetta Manners
Who Lived in Muston in 1851?
Based on the 1851 Muston Census and 1849 Muston Tithe map.
Poetry for the Season
New Work for the Winter Solstice
Ancestral Acres
Introduced by Alison Arnott
Ancestral Acres: Belvoir Castle stories
From Edward III to the Dukes of Rutland
Ancestral Acres: World War II Service
Georgia, USA, in the Army and Brief Encounter
Ancestral Acres: Down to the Seas
The Sir Winston Churchill and the Herzogen Cecilie
Friends of St Mary's
Launch of a new charity
Bottesford Local History Society 2012-2013
Programme of meeting - September 2012 to June 2013
Voices from Normanton Airfield
Two poems by wartime airmen serving at RAF Bottesford
Bottesford Rectory - as it was!
Plans of the Rectory in the 1950s.
In the Bleak Midwinter
Bottesford, December 2010
Bottesford Farmers
Photographed in 2008
Reverend William Mounsey
Curate of Bottesford 1781-1793, geologist, antiquarian
Bottesford Local History Society 2010-2011
Programme of meetings for September 2010 - June 2011
Census Transcriptions
19th Century Censuses for Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston & Normanton
The 1881 Census for Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
A transcript of the census and an alphabetic index, in PDF format
The 1901 Census for Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
A transcript of the census and an alphabetic index, in PDF format
A Winter Gallery
From a snowy Bottesford
The 1841 Census for Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
A transcript of the census and an alphabetic index, in PDF format
Muston War Memorial - St John the Baptist churchyard
Please Help the Leicestershire War Memorials Project
The Market Cross at Bottesford
Drawings from "The Northeast Corner"
The Diamond Jubilee Clock, 1897
Bottesford's Memorial to Queen Victoria
Muston Heritage Trail
A tour of the historic village
Bottesford Local History Trail
Easy walks around Bottesford.
A Medal for Gladys Marston
From Munitions to Muck-Spreading
A Bottesford school photo from 1900
Nellie and Beatrice James remembered
Forge Cottage
A House History of 7, Albert Street
The Hand Charity Cottages, High Street
Known as Butcher's Row or, in the 19th Century, Jackson's Row
Nationwide Community & Heritage Awards 2008
Regional Winners in Heritage-Groups Category
"A Grand Day Out or Mr Dewey Takes Charge"
A community drama inspired by the people of Bottesford and Muston
Geology of the Bottesford Area
Exploring the Vale of Belvoir
The Living History Drama Event
A Grand Day Out or Mr Dewey Takes Charge
The Bainbridge Family
Memories of Belvoir Road
Dancing on the Rectory lawn
Bottesford Scouts & Guides in the 1950s
Electrifying Bottesford
Memories of rail journeys and installing electricity supplies to the Vale in the 1930s.
Tree felling on Normanton Lane
Removing a dead fir from the paddock of Beckingthorpe Farm
A Victorian garden party
In the sunlit days of summers past
WICKED PRACTISE & SORCERYE
The Belvoir Witchcraft Case of 1619
A Bottesford Christmas
Childhood Memories of Christmas in the 1950s
The Rest is Lost
A sequence of 16 sonnets inspired by the life of Elizabeth Sidney
Poetry about Elizabeth Sidney, Francis Beaumont 2
AN ELERGY ON THE DEATH OF THE VIRTUOUS LADY ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND
Poetry about Elizabeth Sidney, Ben Jonson 2
TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND. & AN EPIGRAM
Poetry about Elizabeth Sidney, Ben Jonson 1
XII - EPISTLE TO ELIZABETH COUNTESS OF RUTLAND
Elizabeth Sidney, Connections 4
The Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Elizabeth Sidney, Connections 3
The Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Elizabeth Sidney, Connections 2
The Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Elizabeth Sidney, Connections
The Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Results 8: Derbyshire Dalesware and OW2
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 6: Lower Nene Valley Ware
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 5: Greyware Pottery
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 4: Samian Pottery
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 3: Black Burnished 1 Pottery
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 2: CGlA CG1B 'Shelly Ware'
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Results 1: Iron Age Pottery
Roman Discoveries at Easthorpe, Bottesford
Lincolnshire Runway
A selection of poems by Mr Bill Bowman
Early Days on the Ambergate Railway
Extracts from a book by Robin Leleux (1984)
Copyright
Reproducing words and pictures from this website
Poetry Pathways comes to Bottesford, 2007
local poets celebrate Bottesford landmarks and history
The L & H Tour, 1952.
Christmas at Bottesford, Leicestershire, England.
Palimpsest
In the church porch
Bottesford Market Cross
Stand beneath the market cross
The Corner Shop
from a short story - read by the former Winn's Store, Queen Street
Rivergods
Read by the River Devon
Wireless Days
Sunday 3rd September 1939 11.15 am
Passing Bells
"What passing bells for those who die as cattle?" - Wilfred Owen
A Belvoir Angel
By a headstone in the churchyard
The Fair Maid of Normanton
An effigy, alone in the SW corner of the S aisle
Time Out of Space
Read in St Mary's
The Taming of the Shrew
Extracts from Shakespeare
Belvoir Chapel,
In the Chancel at St Mary's
The Ale-Wife and the Bell Man
A poem read by the parch to St Mary's church, Bottesford
Village shops in the 1930s
Memories of Dorothy Beedham and others
Hot off the press....
a preview of Poetry Pathways
Bottesford Airfield
Some background historical notes
The Beckett Family
A late 19-century farming family in Normanton
The Bee Orchid
A rare wild flower found locally
The Mill House
Teenage Memories
Views from "Holliers"
Church tower panoramas of Bottesford in the 1953/4
Registration guide
How to become a contributor to the Living History website
Linocut Prints of Local Landmarks
Made by Bottesford school children in the 1930s.
"Fieldview"
High Street, Bottesford
A Muston gallery
Modern pictures
The Annual Bikers Easter Egg Run
Delivering Eggs to Local Hospitals and Children's Homes
The Victorian Censuses of Bottesford and Muston
Who actually lived in the villages, and what did they do?
Our Sponsors and Supporters
Grants, Help in Kind, Contributions
Who are we?
The Living History project team
The Bottesford Friendly Society
One of the Oldest and Longest Lived local Friendly Societies in England
Dyers Cottage
Legal documents back to the 18th Century
Maps of Village History
Digital copying at the British Geological Survey
Old Directories
Trades and professions from the 1850s onwards
Dr Nora Kathleen Woll
A well-rememberred and much loved GP.
The Bookshelf
Books and articles about Bottesford and local history in general
Pubs: Past and Present
Good places for a friendly drink and a bite to eat
Boxing Day revels
Duck Racing, Morris Men and Clog Dancers