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Earl of Rutland's Hospital

Other OS name in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • the Hospital 1709 Terrier
  • The Mens Hospital of Bottesford, the Hospital or Alms House in Bottesford called the Mens Hospital 1730 EnclA

Etymology

, 1846, 1863, 1877 White ; earlier it is the Hospital 1709Terrier , The Mens Hospital of Bottesford , the Hospital or Alms House in Bottesford called the Mens Hospital 1730EnclA ( v. almes-hous ) ; founded c. 1590 by the fourth Countess ; Roger , fifth Earl of Rutland , endowed it in 1612 with land in Muston , cf. Hospital Fm in that township , v. hospital .