Rectory Lane and the Ford
A Gallery of Photographs
The Rutland Hospital, built in the late C16th. This early C20th photograph shows the uniform worn by the pensioners
The Rutland Hospital today.
The Ford, March 2007
The Ford and Providence Cottage c. 1900.
Providence Cottage, after the building of Riverside Cottage
Providence and Riverside Cottages and the ford today.
Greaves Cycles and Electricals shop
This photograph shows the extent of the flooding and the exact position of the cycle shop.
Rectory Lane during the conversion of the rectory into Rectory Court retirement complex
Rectory Lane looking South when the retirement bungalows were being built
Junction of Rectory Lane with Chapel Street and Church Street, showing the advertisement for the rectory conversion.
Rectory Lane looking South today
This page was added on 09/04/2007.
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I have many memories of my Mum getting stuck on the bridge when the ford overflowed onto the bridge. I also remember that quaint little sign….”Please drive carefully ducks crossing”!. I remember the best times playing in there as a child and the “island” to the left of the rectory was where we used to have the bonfire on Guy Fawkes night. I think just around the bend after the ford there was a farm where I used to excercise their horses and directly opposite, if I am not wrong, there was an old American Airforce Base?….Isn’t Bottesford just the perfect village to encapsulate your childhood memories to something that others could only dream of!
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