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{{Infobox UK place
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Barlestone
|official_name= Barlestone
|static_image_name=
|static_image_name=File:St Giles Barlestone - geograph.org.uk - 174521.jpg
|static_image_caption=
|static_image_caption=[[St Giles' Church, Barlestone]]
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|coordinates = {{coord|52.646|-1.373|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference= SK4205
|os_grid_reference= SK4205
|label_position= top
|label_position= top
|population= 2471
|population= 2471
|population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])<ref name=ONS>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790451 |title=Area selected: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District) |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref>
|population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])<ref name=ONS>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790451 |title=Area selected: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District) |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |accessdate=17 July 2011 |archive-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924054527/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790451 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|civil_parish= Barlestone
|civil_parish= Barlestone
|shire_district= [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|shire_district= [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
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|postcode_area=CV
|postcode_area=CV
|dial_code= 01455
|dial_code= 01455
|constituency_westminster= [[Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Bosworth]]
|constituency_westminster= [[Hinckley and Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hinckley and Bosworth]]
|website= [http://barlestone.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/ Barlestone Parish Council]
|website= [http://barlestone.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/ Barlestone Parish Council]
}}
}}
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'''Barlestone''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] district of [[Leicestershire]], England, adjoining the village of [[Osbaston, Leicestershire|Osbaston]]. The [[Census in the United Kingdom|UK Census]] reported Barlestone's population as 2,471 in 2001,<ref name="ONS" /> and 2,481 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120377&c=Barlestone&d=16&e=62&g=6444776&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465220621297&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=6 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005084553/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120377&c=Barlestone&d=16&e=62&g=6444776&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465220621297&enc=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[File:William-Wright-House-In-Barlstone-Leistershire-England-United Kingdom.jpg|thumb|left|William Wright house. Circa 1848]]
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'''Barlestone''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] district of [[Leicestershire]], England, adjoining the village of [[Osbaston, Leicestershire|Osbaston]]. The [[Census in the United Kingdom|UK Census]] reported Barlestone's population as 2,471 in 2001,<ref name="ONS" /> and 2,481 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120377&c=Barlestone&d=16&e=62&g=6444776&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465220621297&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=6 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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[[File:William-Wright-House-In-Barlstone-Leistershire-England-United Kingdom.jpg|thumb|left|William Wright house, {{ca}}1848]]
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Berwulf or Beornwulf'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barlestone|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Berwulf or Beornwulf'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barlestone|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630193400/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barlestone|url-status=live}}</ref>


Although coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone; the miners travelled to pits in [[Bagworth]], [[Coalville]] and [[Newbold Heath]].{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} In the late 1980s, a pit wheel from a coal mine was installed in Barlestone to commemorate the miners.
Although coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone; the miners travelled to pits in [[Bagworth]], [[Coalville]] and [[Newbold Heath]].{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} In the late 1980s, a pit wheel from a coal mine was installed in Barlestone to commemorate the miners.
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The village has three places of worship:
The village has three places of worship:


* The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Giles]] on Church Road, designed by the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival architect]] [[Ewan Christian]] and built in 1855.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Leicestershire and Rutland |year=1960 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |page=59}}
* [[St Giles' Church, Barlestone]] on Church Road, designed by the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival architect]] [[Ewan Christian]] and built in 1855.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Leicestershire and Rutland |year=1960 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |page=59}}
</ref>
</ref>
* A [[Baptist Union of Great Britain|Baptist church]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chessck.co.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422052838/http://www.barlestonebaptistchurch.btck.co.uk/|deadurl=y|title=Community Website Builder|archivedate=22 April 2013|website=chessck.co.uk}}</ref> on West End
* A [[Baptist Union of Great Britain|Baptist church]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chessck.co.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422052838/http://www.barlestonebaptistchurch.btck.co.uk/|url-status=dead|title=Community Website Builder|archivedate=22 April 2013|website=chessck.co.uk}}</ref> on West End
* Elohim Church<ref>[http://www.elohimchurch.com Elohim Church]</ref> at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road (originally the Jolly Toper [[public house]])
* Elohim Church<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elohimchurch.com/ |title=Elohim Church |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306103019/http://www.elohimchurch.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road (originally the Jolly Toper [[public house]])


A former [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist church]]<ref>[http://barlestone.newboldverdonmethodistchurch.org.uk/ Barlestone Methodist Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327193654/http://barlestone.newboldverdonmethodistchurch.org.uk/ |date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> on Newbold Road has been converted to housing.
A former [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist church]]<ref>[http://barlestone.newboldverdonmethodistchurch.org.uk/ Barlestone Methodist Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327193654/http://barlestone.newboldverdonmethodistchurch.org.uk/ |date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> on Newbold Road has been converted to housing.
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Barlestone has 2 public houses: The Three Tuns; and The Red Lion, formerly an Indian restaurant (and prior to that, another pub called the Red Lion).
Barlestone has 2 public houses: The Three Tuns; and The Red Lion, formerly an Indian restaurant (and prior to that, another pub called the Red Lion).


A cooperative store containing the post office is opposite The Three Tuns pub. There are two hairdressers, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese take-away, Barlestone St. Giles Sports & Social Club, and an Indian restaurant, Dawaat.
A cooperative store containing the post office is opposite The Three Tuns pub. There are two hairdressers, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese take-away, Barlestone St. Giles Sports & Social Club, and an Indian restaurant, Daawat.


St. Giles Football Club plays matches on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons and ladies' and Junior matches on Sunday's.
St. Giles Football Club plays matches on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons and ladies' and Junior matches on Sunday's.


Barlestone [[Church of England]] [[Primary School]] is a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] school with around 200 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, and an Ofsted rating of "Good".<ref>{{cite web|title=Barlestone Primary School |url=http://www.schoolswire.co.uk/public/barlestone003.html |website=www.schoolswire.co.uk |accessdate=21 January 2016 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126103726/http://www.schoolswire.co.uk/public/barlestone003.html |archivedate=26 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> Most of its graduates transfer to [[The Market Bosworth School]] or [[Bosworth Academy]] in [[Desford]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/58496/(as)/120111_280735.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=[[Ofsted]] |last=Hemmings |first=Melvyn |date=2005-12-01 |title=Barlestone Church of England Primary School }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Barlestone [[Church of England]] [[Primary School]] is a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] school with around 200 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, and an Ofsted rating of "Good".<ref>{{cite web|title=Barlestone Primary School |url=http://www.schoolswire.co.uk/public/barlestone003.html |website=www.schoolswire.co.uk |accessdate=21 January 2016 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126103726/http://www.schoolswire.co.uk/public/barlestone003.html |archivedate=26 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> Most of its graduates transfer to [[The Market Bosworth School]] or [[Bosworth Academy]] in [[Desford]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/58496/(as)/120111_280735.pdf |publisher=[[Ofsted]] |last=Hemmings |first=Melvyn |date=2005-12-01 |title=Barlestone Church of England Primary School }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History (building)==

This village dates back far - even Anglo-Saxons. Most forms of the village formed in the 17th century.
e.g The Manor House -which led back to 1638- leads to manor road. Barlestone C of E Primary school was
something used in WW1 time.


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Barlestone}}
{{Commons category|Barlestone}}
* [http://www.barlestone.com Barlestone.com]
* [http://www.barlestone.com Barlestone Parish Council]
* [http://www.barlestone.net Barlestone.net]
* [http://www.barlestonesg.co.uk Barlestone St Giles Football Club]
* [http://www.barlestonesg.co.uk Barlestone St Giles Football Club]
* {{OpenDomesday|SK4205|barlestone|Barlestone}}
* {{OpenDomesday|SK4205|barlestone|Barlestone}}

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Barlestone
Barlestone is located in Leicestershire
Barlestone
Barlestone
Location within Leicestershire
Population2,471 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSK4205
Civil parish
  • Barlestone
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNuneaton
Postcode districtCV13
Dialling code01455
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteBarlestone Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°38′46″N 1°22′23″W / 52.646°N 1.373°W / 52.646; -1.373

Barlestone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, adjoining the village of Osbaston. The UK Census reported Barlestone's population as 2,471 in 2001,[1] and 2,481 in 2011.[2]

History

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William Wright house, c.1848

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Berwulf or Beornwulf'.[3]

Although coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone; the miners travelled to pits in Bagworth, Coalville and Newbold Heath.[citation needed] In the late 1980s, a pit wheel from a coal mine was installed in Barlestone to commemorate the miners.

Amenities

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The village has three places of worship:

A former Methodist church[7] on Newbold Road has been converted to housing.

Barlestone has 2 public houses: The Three Tuns; and The Red Lion, formerly an Indian restaurant (and prior to that, another pub called the Red Lion).

A cooperative store containing the post office is opposite The Three Tuns pub. There are two hairdressers, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese take-away, Barlestone St. Giles Sports & Social Club, and an Indian restaurant, Daawat.

St. Giles Football Club plays matches on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons and ladies' and Junior matches on Sunday's.

Barlestone Church of England Primary School is a coeducational school with around 200 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, and an Ofsted rating of "Good".[8] Most of its graduates transfer to The Market Bosworth School or Bosworth Academy in Desford.[9]

History (building)

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This village dates back far - even Anglo-Saxons. Most forms of the village formed in the 17th century. e.g The Manor House -which led back to 1638- leads to manor road. Barlestone C of E Primary school was something used in WW1 time.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Area selected: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 59.
  5. ^ "Community Website Builder". chessck.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Elohim Church". Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ Barlestone Methodist Church Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Barlestone Primary School". www.schoolswire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. ^ Hemmings, Melvyn (1 December 2005). "Barlestone Church of England Primary School" (PDF). Ofsted. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)[permanent dead link‍]
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