Links
Links to related websites
David Middleton
Bottesford Today was originally created as a WEB page for the VC Hall. Following many requests from other groups to include them we have created this site for the benefit of Bottesford and the local community.
http://www.bottesford.org.uk/
Bottesford C of E. Primary School web site and a brief history.
http://www.bottesford.leics.sch.uk/
Bottesford in "A Vision of Britain Through Time - A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions".
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10371107
Belvoir High School web site
http://www.belvoirhigh.leics.sch.uk/
Bomber Command history of Normanton Airfield
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s68.html
Bottesford Airfield, historic Control Tower - a site giving details of Bottesford during the Second World War
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/B/Bottesford.htm
Bottesford Parish Census 2001 gives a snapshot of Bottesford today.
Bottesford Census 29th April 2001
CommunitySites is a web design company which specialises in contributory heritage sites. The Bottesford Living History web site is run by them and permits website visitors to add their own words or pictures to the site.
http://www.communitysites.co.uk/category_id__52.aspx
East Midlands Oral History Archive with references to Bottesford and surrounding areas.
http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/community/melton.html
Framland Carriers web site by Guy Etchells. Botteford has always been a centre of commerce and communication. This lists carriers in the Framland area from 1870's directories.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/carriers.htm
Great Northern Railway and London & North Western Railwayhistory site including details of the former Bottesford South Station on Nottingham Road at the west end of the village.
http://www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com/Bott-Redmile.htm
Barb Hafslund family website with genealogy of Bottesford families (Dent, Stanley and Painters)
http://www.geocities.com/aussiebarb01/aussieb1.html
The Guys of Bottesford web site. This site is an excellent resource for any one interested in local history. Guy Etchells maintains this genealogy sote with many useful local history resources including transcriptions of census records (1851-1901); parish Burial Register 1730 - 1900; and Families of Bottesford, Leics. Database listing 12,132 Births, Deaths & Marriages!!
http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/
See also these Guy Etchells's links for the local area http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/par/lnlinks.htm
The Mermaid Group - a local Shakespeare literature study group that meets monthly in the Bull and welcomes new members.
http://www.mermaidgroup.org.uk/
John Nichols - The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire 1795 - Bottesford entry transcibed by Guy Etchells.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/Ag/maps/bvm.htm
Leicestershire Villages is a community news site. On registration it is possible to to add local news items. The site has many links to local information sources.
http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/bottesford/localnews-this-village-only.html
Leicestershire Villages - Oral History Archive where there is a excerpt from the BBC Radio programme "The Street" recorded in 1996 by Tony Wilkinson. Tony Wilkinson produced a snapshot of Bottesford in the 1990's.
http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/bottesford/54704.html
Long Bennington Local History Society
http://www.lblhs.org.uk/
The Record Office for Leicestershire
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/museums/record_office.htm
Melton Museum - The Melton Carnegie Museum
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/museums/melton_carnegie.htm
Redmile Archive - Local history webpage for Redmile village edited by Linda Brockway.
http://www.redmilearchive.freeuk.com/
Story Shapes - A Bottesford-based company teaching the fun and friendly way for children and parents to make stories together.
http://www.storyshapes.com/storyshaping.htm
Vale of Belvoir Business Directory. A commercial web site listing some local businesses.
http://www.valeofbelvoir.co.uk/content/index.php?id=70&struid=372.htm
Wikipedia entry for Bottesford
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottesford,_Leicestershire
Vale of Belvoir Lions International
http://www.voblions.org.uk/