Barnacle, Warwickshire

Barnacle is a small hamlet in the county of Warwickshire, England, in the civil parish of Shilton and Barnacle.[1] Historically it was divided between the parishes of Shilton and Bulkington.[2]

Barnacle

A cottage in Barnacle
Barnacle
Location within Warwickshire
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOVENTRY
Postcode districtCV7
Dialling code024
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Barnacle was recorded in the Domesday Book as Bernhangre.[3] The Knights Hospitallers held an estate in Barnacle in the 13th century.[1] The hamlet contains Barnacle Hall which dates from 1745,[4] it was built on the site of an earlier hall which had been owned by William Hickman, who was a captain in the Cavalier army of King Charles I during the English Civil War. Because of this it was plundered and burnt down by the Roundheads.[5]

The hamlet contains some 18th century cottages, and the "Red Lion Inn".[6] It also contains a small Methodist chapel, dating from 1844.[7]

References
  1. "BARNACLE". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. "Barnacle, Warwickshire Historical Description (transcribed the entry for Barnacle from the following: Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848)". UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. "Warwickshire A-F". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  4. "BARNACLE. BARNACLE HALL". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. "Parishes: Bulkington". British History Online. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
  7. "METHODIST CHAPEL, CHAPEL LANE, BARNACLE". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2014.


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