worship There are Church of England churches in Bottesford (St Mary's) and Muston (St John the Baptist). The poet George Crabbe (1754–1832) moved to Muston Rectory from Stathern in 1789, remaining as incumbent of Muston and of West Allington, Lincolnshire, until 1792. His Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir was a pioneering study of the district. Bottesford Methodist Church in Devon Lane belongs to the Grantham and Vale of Belvoir Methodist Circuit. The Baptist Church is in Queen Street. Notable people In birth order Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (died 1543), courtier and soldier, was buried in Bottesford. Abraham Fleming (died 1607), cleric, writer and translator, died in Bottesford. His brother Samuel was Rector here in 1581–1620. Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587), public official, was buried in Bottesford, as were the other earls of Rutland up to John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (died 1679), politician. Joan Flower (died 1619) of Bottesford and her daughters Margaret (executed 1619) and Philippa were among the ostensible Witches of Belvoir and tried as such. Henry Beresford Garrett (baptised Henry Rouse in Bottesford in 1818), committed several violent crimes in New Zealand and Australia. William Antliff (born 1848), a Derbyshire county cricket player, was born in Bottesford. John Parnham (born 1856), a professional cricketer active in the 1880s, was born in Bottesford. Willie Young (born 1951), a Scottish footballer who appeared 237 times for Arsenal F.C., now owns a dog kennels in Bottesford. Robert Harris (born 1957), novelist and broadcaster, attended Belvoir High School. Luke Wright (born 1985), an England all-round cricketer, was born in Bottesford. Crime victim Ten-year-old Rosie May Storrie of Bottesford was murdered during a house party in Normanton on 30 December 2003, two days after she had made her first stage appearance as a dancer in a pantomime. She was found by other guests smothered and partly stripped, and died in hospital 36 hours later. A fellow guest, Paul Smith of Sedgebrook, aged 18, was convicted of the murder. Smith, who had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and had a history of violence against girls, was sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum term of fourteen years. The Rosie May Storrie Memorial Fund established by her parents raised over £270,000 towards charity work with children, notably a Rosie May Children's Home at Boossa, Galle, Sri Lanka. References External links Bottesford August 2008 - Video Postcard Bottesford