In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Botesdale like this:
BOTESDALE, a village, a chapelry, and a subdistrict, in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands 3 miles WNW of Mellis r. station, and 7 WNW of Eye; consists chiefly of one long street; has a post office‡ under Scole, a banking office, an inn, a church, and a free grammar school; and is a polling-place. ...
The church is later English, restored; and contains the remains and monuments of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Lord Chief Justice Holt. The grammar school was founded in 1576, by Sir N. Bacon; and has six exhibitions at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. A weekly market is held on Saturday; and a fair on Holy Thursday. The name Botesdale is a corruption of Botolph's Dale. Pop., 580. Houses, 139.—The chapelry includes the village; lies in Redgrave parish, and is a p. curacy, annexed to Redgrave rectory, in the diocese of Norwich-The subdistrict comprises seven parishes. Acres, 15,081. Pop., 5,288. Houses, 1,135.
Botesdale through time
Botesdale is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Botesdale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Botesdale in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7042
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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