The Thomas Botfield

Not a bad little place, it was clean, lots of tables, food was ok, and the price was good. Thomas Botfield was a local industrialist, who built the Old Park ironworks fuelled by coal from collieries near by.He built houses for his workers, which was all part of the then Malins Lee estate. There’s a nice historical report worth reading on the internet, so while waiting for your order to arrive, type in. Thomas Botfield, and www.jdwetherspoons.com will come up, click second article for this historical notes.