Botesdale

Botesdale
The Market Square, Botesdale
Botesdale is located in Suffolk
Botesdale
Botesdale
Location within Suffolk
Population905 (2011 census)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDISS
Postcode districtIP22
Dialling code01379
UK Parliament
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List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°19′59″N 1°01′01″E / 52.333°N 1.017°E / 52.333; 1.017
Botesdale Village Sign

Botesdale is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The village is about 6 miles (10 km) south west of Diss, 25 miles (40 km) south of Norwich and 16 miles (26 km) north east of Bury St Edmunds. The village of Rickinghall merges with Botesdale along the B1113 road, locally known as simply: ‘The Street’. Their connection creates the appearance of a single built-up residential area and the boundary between the two is difficult to identify.

Bottelmsdale may be an older variation of the name, seen in 1381.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/483; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no483/483_0055.htm; second entry; 1381; the defendant comes from Bottelmsdale, and the plaintiff from Rekynghale or Rokynghale, which is a variation, presumably, on the name of the adjoining village