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{{Short description|Hamlet in Leicestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{infobox UK place
|official_name= Botcheston
|static_image_name=File:Main Street, Botcheston - geograph.org.uk - 514895.jpg
|static_image_caption=Main Street
|coordinates = {{coord|52.640|-01.289|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference= SK4804
|label_position= top
|population=
|population_ref=
|civil_parish= [[Desford]]
|shire_district= [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|shire_county= [[Leicestershire]]
|region=East Midlands
|country= England
|post_town= [[Leicester]]
|postcode_district= LE9
|postcode_area= LE
|dial_code= 01455
|constituency_westminster= [[Hinckley and Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|website= [http://desford.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/ Desford parish council]
}}

'''Botcheston''' is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] district of [[Leicestershire]] about {{convert|6.5|mi}} west of [[Leicester]]. It is in the [[civil parish]] of [[Desford]] and about a mile north of the village. The population is included in the civil parish of Desford. Botcheston's only [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II* listed building]] is the War Memorial North of Polebrook House commemorating 36 attendees of the hamlet's former Industrial School for Boys who gave their lives during World War One, which now functions as a residential home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1385703|title=WAR MEMORIAL NORTH OF POLEBROOK HOUSE AT NGR 484058, Desford – 1385703 | Historic England}}</ref>

Records of Botcheston date back to 1846, when it was regarded as a 37-person hamlet.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhQHAAAAQAAJ&dq=botcheston+history&pg=PA585|title=History, gazetteer, and directory of Leicestershire, and ... Rutland; together with the adjacent towns of Grantham & Stamford|year=1846|last1=White |first1=William }}</ref> The hamlet's history can be further dated back to 1575, albeit as footnote.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qks_AQAAMAAJ&q=Botcheston|isbn = 9780114401955|title = Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Elizabeth I|year = 1575|publisher = H.M. Stationery Office}}</ref> Botcheston has about 200 households, a [[public house]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thegreyhoundbotcheston.co.uk/ |title=The Greyhound, Botcheston |access-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328002815/http://thegreyhoundbotcheston.co.uk/ |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> dating back to 1863 and a [[village hall]]. The Greyhound is credited with being a venue for numerous up-and-coming Leicestershire-based bands over the years, and has seen [[Kasabian]], [[Perfume]] and [[The Young Knives]] perform.

Included amongst Botcheston's other amenities are the [[Botcheston Bog]] a noted [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]], Botcheston Wicksteed Park Stadium a leisure park frequently used by local amateur football teams, and Forest Hill Golf Course on the backdrop of the National Forest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foresthillgolfclub.co.uk/|title=Home – Forest Hill Golf & Conference Centre}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Hamlets in Leicestershire]]
[[Category:Hinckley and Bosworth]]

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imported>Dawnseeker2000: /* top */ date format audit, simplify links, unlink common terms, typo(s) fixed: 37 person → 37-person