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Stocks, whipping post and cross, Bottesford
Listed Grade II late 18th century stocks and whipping post https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180323?section=official-list-entry; and 15th century market cross https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075101?section=official-list-entry.
Image: © Tim Heaton
Taken: 14 May 2026
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Bottesford: the Bull Inn and church
View looking north in Market Street, with my car outside the pub.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 13 Jul 1963
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Market Street, Bottesford, 1979
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 11 Sep 2020
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Market Cross
The base and lower shaft of Bottesford Market Cross with the de Roos family
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 13 Dec 2007
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Bottesford Library
Occupying part of the former primary school, Bottesford Library was taken over from Leicestershire County Council by the Bottesford Community Library Association, a charity run by volunteers, in 2015. It continues to provide library services to this rural area.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 17 May 2022
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Bottesford, the Bull Inn
At the centre of the village.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 10 Apr 2012
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The Bull Inn, Bottesford
The Bull Inn on Market Street has a claim to fame. In the 1950s it was run by Olga Healy, the sister of Stan Laurel; Stan and Oliver Hardy stayed here while performing in Nottingham. The pub is full of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia.
The road here was part of the A52 between Nottingham and Grantam until Bottesford was by-passed in 1989. Apart from this old turnpike road, Bottesford is on the Nottingham - Grantham railway and the disused Grantham Canal, which also connected the two towns, passes nearby. All this reinforces the impression that Bottesford is in the wrong county; its natural traffic flows connect to places in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. It is of course in Leicestershire but feels a very long way from, for example, Lutterworth.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 17 May 2022
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Market Cross, Bottesford
The substantial base for the remains of the market cross and the village stocks at the junction of Rectory Lane with Market Street and Grantham Road. A pity about the positioning of the doggy bin!
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 11 Oct 2005
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Market Street, Bottesford
Looking north towards Rectory Lane
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 11 Oct 2005
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Whipping post and stocks
Historic punishment for Bottesford miscreants
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 28 Aug 2008
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