BOTTESFORD, a parish comprising the townships
of Ashby and Burringham, and the hamlets of Holm and
Yaddlethorpe, in the eastern division, and the township
of Crosby, in the western division, of the wapentake of
MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 8 miles
(W.) from Glandford-Bridge, and containing 999
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united in
1727 to the vicarage of Messingham, in the archdeaconry
of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £10. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.