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Botolphbridge

Botulesbrige (xi-xiv cent.), Botelsbrig, Botolfbrigg (xii cent.), Bottebridge (xiv cent.).

Botolphbridge or Bottlebridge is now part of Orton Longueville parish, with which it was united in 1762. It was formerly a separate parish once called St. Botolphbridge, and the church is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. The old parish consisted of the whole of the present parish which is north of the old road from Peterborough to Oundle, and some small part south of the road, but the precise boundary between the two parishes is now difficult to follow. The road was straightened early in the 19th century.

In a Hundred Roll temp. Edw I, Botolphbridge is described as a hamlet of Orton Longueville, but it was really a separate place. In 1316, Botolphbridge and Orton Longueville formed one vill for the purpose of taxation, and they have been assessed together ever since.

The Manor house of the Drayton family and the church stood at the east end of the parish. The house had been demolished before 1669 and the church, the site of which is marked by a stone, was pulled down in 1695.

Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Civil Registration

Description and Travel Population Poorhouses, Poor Law etc. Statistics

Cemeteries

There are no surviving Monumental Inscriptions for this parish.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office. In general terms the censuses were seen as part of those for Orton Longueville.

Church History

The church of All Saints was pulled down in 1695, and the materials were used to repair and enlarge the church at Orton Longueville. However, the church is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086.

Church Records

The former parish is now part of Orton Longueville, and events are now incorporated in the latter's Registers. However, the following separate registers of Botolphbridge still exist:

Baptisms: 1556-1680, 1745-46*
Marriages: 1558-1677, 1695-1695/6*
Burials: 1556-1675/6, 1745-46*
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1608-12, 1617-19, 1664/

*These registers include entries for Orton Longueville.

These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.

The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from Botolphbridge and Orton Longueville. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.

Civil Registration

See under Orton Longueville.

Description and Travel

A GENWEB page for Botolphbridge is available.

Population

See under Orton Longueville.

Poorhouses, Poor Law etc

See under Orton Longueville.

Statistics

See under Orton Longueville.

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