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Bulcote Crossroads

Courtesy of Mr G A Young

Bulcote Crossroads
Bulcote
Burton Joyce
England

There was a settlement in Bulcote even before the Norman Conquest. The village derives its name from 'cote' (an ancient term for a shelter) for bulls. Its location was, and still is, ideal for rearing cattle on the lush pastures of the Trent Valley. An entry in the Domesday Book tells us that the Swein family occupied the manor at the time of the Conquest and that the village's population was 132, considerably greater than that of the neighbouring village of Burton Joyce (1991 census figures show Bulcote's population had risen to 337 whilst Burton Joyce's had snowballed to 3,520).

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