Barlestone

Barlestone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,471,[1] increasing marginally to 2,481 at the 2011 census.[2] The village adjoins the neighbouring village of Osbaston.

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
William Wright house. Circa 1848

History

Although coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone, the miners travelling to pits in Bagworth, Coalville or Newbold Heath. A pit wheel from a coal mine was installed as a monument during the late 1980s to commemorate the miners.

Amenities

The village has three churches. The Church of England parish church of Saint Giles on Church Road was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Ewan Christian and built in 1855.[3] There is a Baptist church[4] on West End and there used to be a Methodist church[5] on Newbold Road which is now converted to housing. Elohim Church[6] at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road, was formerly the Jolly Toper public house.

Barlestone has 2 public houses - The Three Tuns & The Red Lion, formerly an Indian restaurant (although prior to that a Pub called the Red Lion).

There is a Co-Operative store containing the Post Office 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.

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 that educates around 200 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, with an Ofsted rating of "Good"[7] When children leave the school most transfer to The Market Bosworth School or Bosworth Academy in Desford.[8]

References
  1. "Area selected: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 59.
  4. Barlestone Baptist Church Archived 22 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Barlestone Methodist Church Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Elohim Church
  7. "Barlestone Primary School". www.schoolswire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. Hemmings, Melvyn (1 December 2005). "Barlestone Church of England Primary School" (PDF). Ofsted. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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