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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]

Barlestone

St Giles' Church, 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
  • Bosworth
WebsiteBarlestone Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52.646°N 1.373°W / 52.646; -1.373

History


William Wright house, c.1848
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


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]


References


  1. "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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