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46-436: Bottesford may refer to: Bottesford, Leicestershire , England Bottesford, Lincolnshire , England See also [ edit ] Bottlesford , Wiltshire, England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

92-527: A primary school – Bottesford Primary School – and a secondary school – The Priory Belvoir Academy . The latter had its first group of year 10s in 2008, having expanded from being a middle school that year. This initially controversial change was hailed as a success after the schools inspectorate Ofsted rated Belvoir as Outstanding in its 2010 inspection report. It was rated Good in leadership, behaviour, teaching and achievement, and Outstanding in sixth-form provision in its most recent Ofsted report. There

138-407: A Latin root with the verb "gargle" and is likely imitative in origin. The Italian word for gargoyle is doccione or gronda sporgente, an architecturally precise phrase which means "protruding gutter". Italian also uses gargolla or garguglia , when it has a grotesque shape. When not constructed as a waterspout and only serving an ornamental or artistic function, the technical term for such

184-479: A common device used to shed rainwater from buildings until the early 18th century. From that time, more and more buildings used drainpipes to carry the water from the guttering roof to the ground and only very few buildings using gargoyles were constructed. This was because some people found them frightening, and sometimes heavy ones fell off, causing damage. In 1724, the London Building Act passed by

230-470: A funeral undertaker. The village is somewhat unusual in Leicestershire. Its buildings reflect the traditions of neighbouring Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, as well as local influences, as local materials, initially locally quarried ironstone, but latterly local bricks and distinctive roofing tiles. There are several open areas in the village, notably an area to the north-east of the churchyard,

276-496: A sculpture is a grotesque , chimera, or boss . There are also regional variations, such as the hunky punk . Just as with bosses and chimeras , gargoyles are said to protect what they guard, such as a church, from any evil or harmful spirits. A French legend that sprang up around the name of St. Romanus ( French : Romain ; fl. c.  631–641 AD ), the former chancellor of the Merovingian king Chlothar II who

322-644: A slightly extended view out of the village towards Grantham . Bottesford's many listed buildings include the grade I listed 13th-century Church of St Mary the Virgin. There are two scheduled monuments within the village – Fleming's Bridge and the stone cross in the Market Place. The stocks and whipping post are Grade II listed. One of the Grade II listed buildings, Providence Cottage in Rectory Lane,

368-582: A youth club catering for 11 to 19-year-olds and a skate park . The village has several charity groups raising funds mainly to provide for new facilities locally. One group raising funds in Bottesford in particular is the Vale of Belvoir Lions. Local community information has appeared since 2002 in the Village Voice newsletter, which is delivered free to every house. Bottesford has a playgroup and

414-643: Is a public library in the Old School, Grantham Road. There are Church of England churches in Bottesford (St Mary's) and Muston (St John the Baptist). The poet George Crabbe (1754–1832) moved to Muston Rectory from Stathern in 1789, remaining as incumbent of Muston and of West Allington, Lincolnshire , until 1792. His Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir was a pioneering study of the district. Bottesford Methodist Church in Devon Lane belongs to

460-419: Is a quadruped with a serpent's head; there a fish with a quadruped's head; then again an animal: half horse, half goat... Surely, if we do not blush for such absurdities, we should at least regret what we have spent on them. While the theory that gargoyles were spiritual devices made to ward off devilish evil was very widely known and accepted, other schools of thoughts have developed over time. For example, in

506-487: Is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Melton in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire , England. It lies close to the borders of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire . Bottesford is about 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham and 13 miles (21 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles (11 km) west of Grantham . The village is the largest in the Vale of Belvoir and near to Belvoir Castle , home to

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552-464: Is an ironstone and brick building dated 1708, enlarged in the 19th century and altered in 1988. It stands in Rectory Lane behind wrought iron gates, amid large, landscaped gardens, and has a slate roof. The police station, in Queen Street, is likewise Grade II listed and dates from 1846. It is in red brick with a slate roof and three bays. The central bay projects under a pediment and the building

598-552: Is an early example of a purpose-built police station. Market Street is the location of the Grade II listed Dr Fleming's House, which was once a terrace of women's almshouses built in ironstone and mainly rebuilt in brick in the late 18th century. A stone plaque over a door reads "Dr. Fleming's Hospital 1620". There are several Grade II listed properties in High Street, including the Thatched Restaurant, set back from

644-482: Is dated 1723 in burnt bricks on the eastern elevation, where the initials REH set into wall. The roof is now pantiled, but the slope suggests it was thatched in times gone by. The Duke of Rutland's Almshouse, also Grade II listed, was begun in 1590 and was a home for elderly local men called bedesmen (i. e. almoners), having once been a hospital. The building has two M-shaped roofs of differing pitches, both with concrete tiles dating from 1985. The Rectory, Grade II listed,

690-619: Is served by Bottesford railway station on the Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness line . There are also No. 24 and 26 buses, which run to Melton Mowbray at least every two hours, and other services to Grantham and Bingham . The village was bypassed by the A52 road in February 1989 at a cost of £3 million at the time. The Victory Commemoration (or VC) Hall is the local name for Bottesford Old Village Hall. The name came about because some of

736-640: The Anglo-Saxon "Ford belonging to the botl" (house). The ford was over the River Devon. Bottesford is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Botesford", in the hundred of Framland . Historically, Bottesford was closely associated with the Earls and Dukes of Rutland. The village was built along the River Devon (pronounced Dee-von) and named after the ford at the centre of the village. St Mary

782-596: The Duke and Duchess of Rutland . It had a population of 3,587 at the 2011 census, estimated in 2018 at 3,382. It borders smaller parishes in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, such as Redmile , Sedgebrook , Orston and Elton on the Hill . The local amenities include a post office, a railway station , a library, a church, a convenience store, three restaurants and three pubs: The Bull Inn , The Rutland Arms , and The Thatch . Bottesford derives its name from

828-585: The French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean "throat" or is otherwise known as the "gullet"; cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet"or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Portuguese and Spanish garganta, "throat"; gárgola, "gargoyle"). It is also connected to the French verb gargariser, which shares

874-487: The Parliament of Great Britain made the use of downpipes compulsory in all new construction. There are divided ideas as to the purpose of adding gargoyles to religious structures. Some state that gargoyles were meant to illustrate evil and sin, while others have posited that grotesques in architecture were apotropaic devices. In the 12th century, before the use of gargoyles as rain spouts, St. Bernard of Clairvaux

920-577: The Witches of Belvoir . Most of the church dates from the 15th century, but the chancel was rebuilt in the 17th century to accommodate the Rutland monuments. These fill the chancel and give a view of changing aristocratic taste in the 16th and 17th centuries. After the Manners family gained the dukedom of Rutland in 1703, it built a mausoleum in the grounds of Belvoir Castle , the family home, where all

966-501: The marble or terracotta cymatium of the cornice . An excellent example of this are the 39 remaining lion-headed water spouts on the Temple of Zeus . Originally, it had 102 gargoyles or spouts, but due to the heavy weight (they were crafted from marble), many snapped off and had to be replaced. Many medieval cathedrals included gargoyles and chimeras. According to French architect and author Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , himself one of

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1012-578: The 12th Century, when gargoyles appeared in Europe, the Roman Catholic Church was growing stronger and converting many new people. Most of the population at this time was illiterate, so images were very important to convey ideas. Many early gargoyles depicted some version of a dragon, especially in France. In addition to serving as spouts for water, the gaping mouths of these gargoyles evoked

1058-598: The 20th century. The four pubs, six restaurants, at least 16 retailers and 20 odd small producers and service providers today are one-person or family concerns. Not so the earlier building firm of William Roberts Ltd. Joseph William Roberts (1917–2009) was born and bred in Sutton-cum-Granby , then schooled in Granby, Nottinghamshire and in Bottesford. He moved to the latter and started his firm in 1937, aged 20. It employed over 500 people at one time and branched out as

1104-573: The Grantham and Vale of Belvoir Methodist Circuit. The Baptist Church is in Queen Street. In birth order Ten-year-old Rosie May Storrie of Bottesford was murdered during a house party in Normanton on 30 December 2003, two days after she had made her first stage appearance as a dancer in a pantomime. She was found by other guests smothered and partly stripped, and died in hospital 36 hours later. A fellow guest, Paul Smith of Sedgebrook , aged 18,

1150-462: The Virgin's Church , sometimes known as the "Lady of the Vale ", is a large medieval church at the centre of the village. Like many churches, this was built over centuries in mixed architectural styles. The lower part of the chancel dates from the 12th century with the remainder added over the next 300 years. The nave roof was finally completed in 1740. The octagonal crocketed spire is thought to be

1196-471: The case of gargoyles unattributable to any one or two animals, some say that they were simply the product of pagan mythology passed down through generations in the medium of fireside tales. Akin to the leading catholic theory but slightly different, some suggest that gargoyles were meant not to intimidate evil spirits or demons, but humans. It is said that at the gateway of the city of Amiens, France, two gargoyles stood guard, and anyone with bad intentions toward

1242-419: The churchyard itself, and an area of trees to the south of Devon Lane. Trees play a major part in the street scene in most of Bottesford. The River Devon flows through the village, almost circling the church. Along its banks in the centre of the village, the soil is a pebbly material known locally as running sand. Views within the village tend to be intimate and enclosed, though the wider Grantham Road provides

1288-443: The city and its people would be spewed with acid before being able to enter. On the contrary, the king of Amiens would be showered with coins with every return. Other gargoyles were meant to strike fear into the heart of the pious, specifically those that were anthropomorphized. Gargoyles that were mostly human but had animalistic attributes, like the harpy (half human half bird) or cynocephali (dog-headed human) were meant to represent

1334-532: The creation of a memorial green. One of the 2010 Low Carbon Awards given by the Royal Institute of British Architects went to a house in Bottesford designed by architects Allan Mulcahy. The clubs in the village include two for badminton , a bowling club, a cricket and social club, four football clubs, several sections of the Scout and Guides movement, and many other associations and events such as

1380-462: The day that the reliquary of the saint was carried in procession (see details at Rouen ). The term gargoyle is most often applied to medieval work, but throughout all ages, some means of water diversion, when not conveyed in gutters, was adopted. In ancient Egyptian architecture, gargoyles showed little variation, typically in the form of a lion's head. Similar lion-mouthed water spouts were also seen on Greek temples , carved or modelled in

1426-451: The dukes have been buried. There is a local website covering many sides of Bottesford's local history, including mounting evidence of occupation in Roman times and earlier. Bottesford was the venue of one of the country's early friendly societies , thought to have been founded in the 1750s. It provided members with sickness and funeral benefits for over 200 years. Eleven contributors from

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1472-509: The fearsome destructiveness of these legendary beasts, reminding the laity of the need for the church's protection. Human qualities were sometimes ascribed to specific animals—that is, the animals were anthropomorphized . This was especially common for pagans, and using these ideas helped conversion to Catholicism. Humans were often depicted in bawdy positions, some leaning over the ledge they're perched on to vomit or defecate off of. The orifice that rainwater would come out of would imply that it

1518-544: The funds used to buy up the original hall came from leftover money raised in the village during the Second World War to send parcels to those serving in the armed forces. A new village hall was built in 2003, mainly funded by a grant from Awards for All (Lottery) and local contributions. To mark the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2002, several large developments in Bottesford include

1564-685: The great producers of gargoyles in the 19th century, the earliest known medieval gargoyles appear on Laon Cathedral (c. 1200–1220). One of the more famous examples is the gargoyles of Notre-Dame de Paris . Although most have grotesque features, the term gargoyle has come to include all types of images. Some gargoyles were depicted as monks, or combinations of real animals and people, many of which were humorous. Unusual animal mixtures, or chimeras, did not act as rainspouts and are more properly called grotesques. They serve as ornamentation but are now popularly called gargoyles. Both ornamented and unornamented waterspouts projecting from roofs at parapet level were

1610-469: The help of the only volunteer, a condemned man. In each, the monster is led back to Rouen and burned, but its head and neck would not burn due to being tempered by its own fire breath. The head was then mounted on the walls of the newly built church to scare off evil spirits, and used for protection. In commemoration of St. Romain, the Archbishops of Rouen were granted the right to set a prisoner free on

1656-409: The history group produced in 2009 a book on the local history since 1850. From December 1941, there was a Second World War RAF Bomber Command airfield to the north near Long Bennington , called RAF Bottesford . Initially it hosted No. 3 Group RAF , then after serving USAAF's IX Troop Carrier Command for D-Day , was used by No. 5 Group from late 1944. It is no longer used as an airfield, but

1702-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bottesford&oldid=932732457 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bottesford, Leicestershire Bottesford

1748-660: The objective of the viewer to pin one purpose to the entirety of gargoyles. According to Lester Burbank Bridaham, writing in Gargoyles, Chimeres and the Grotesque in French Gothic Sculpture , "There is much symbolism in the sculpture of the Gothic period; but we must be wary of reading in too much meaning." The ancient Egyptians , Greeks , Etruscans , and Romans all used animal-shaped waterspouts. During

1794-643: The road in spacious grounds and the only remaining thatched building in the village. There are many other listed buildings within the conservation area . Bottesford is in the Melton borough of Leicestershire and in the Melton and Syston constituency . The current Member of Parliament is the Conservative Edward Argar . The civil parish includes the villages of Bottesford, Easthorpe (directly adjacent to Bottesford), Muston and Normanton . The parish council has nine members. The village

1840-590: The runways can still be seen. Entertainers Laurel and Hardy stayed for Christmas 1952 at the Bull Inn , where the landlady was Stan Laurel 's sister Olga. They were appearing at the Empire Theatre in Nottingham at the time. There is a plaque recording this on the building. There were two brickyards at Beckinthorpe in the 19th century, one also producing the unique Bottesford Blue pantiles to be seen on some local buildings. Local employment declined in

1886-409: The tallest in the county at 210 feet (64 metres). There are two gargoyles on the south transept . A headstone to Thomas Parker and a table tomb in the churchyard are both Grade II listed, as are the gate piers and gates to the churchyard to the north. The church is the burial place of several earls of Rutland . One Rutland tomb is famous for an inscription that attributes a death to witchcraft by

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1932-469: The torturous fate of sinners. Some gargoyles were purely decoration, like the monkey in the courtyard of the palace of Jacques Coeur in Bourges, France. This stylistic choice was supposedly a nod to Cours exotic and adventurous lifestyle, as monkeys are a species not native to france. It is most likely that gargoyles meant all of these things depending on where and when they were made, and it shouldn't be

1978-439: Was convicted of the murder. Smith, who had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and had a history of violence against girls, was sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum term of fourteen years. The Rosie May Storrie Memorial Fund established by her parents raised over £270,000 towards charity work with children, notably a Rosie May Children's Home at Boossa, Galle , Sri Lanka . Gargoyle The term originates from

2024-456: Was famous for speaking out against gargoyles carved on the walls of his monastery's cloister: What are these fantastic monsters doing in the cloisters before the eyes of the brothers as they read? What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, these strange, savage lions and monsters? To what purpose are here placed these creatures, half beast, half man or these spotted tigers? I see several bodies with one head and several heads with one body. Here

2070-400: Was made bishop of Rouen , relates how he delivered the country around Rouen from a monster called Gargouille or Goji . La Gargouille is said to have been the typical dragon with bat-like wings, a long neck, and the ability to breathe fire from its mouth. Multiple versions of the story are given, either that St. Romanus subdued the creature with a crucifix, or he captured the creature with

2116-583: Was vomit or fecal matter. Some animals (such as the rhinoceros and the hippopotamus ) were unknown in western Europe during the Middle Ages, so gargoyles of these species (such as the ones at Laon Cathedral ) are modern gargoyles and therefore did not have symbolic meaning in Medieval times. The Lion was the most prominent figure for animal gargoyles, likely due to their frequent appearances in other medieval art and even art in antiquity. Lions became

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