Bardon, Coalville
Bardon is a civil parish and former village in North West Leicestershire about southeast of the centre of Coalville. The parish includes Bardon Hill, which at above sea level is the highest point in Leicestershire. With the population remaining less than 100, information from the 2011 census was included in the civil parish of Ellistown and Battleflat. History The village's name means 'tumulus hill'. East of Bardon Hill is an oval moat about wide and deep. It encloses an area measuring about by , and the island thus created is raised about above the level of the surrounding land. The site is a scheduled monument. This site is about east of Kellam's Farm and a few metres north of the main east-west asphalt driveway (carriage road) linking Copt Oak and Bardon Hall. South of Bardon Hill is a second moat. This moat is square or rectangular. The moat island is the site of the old Bardon Hall, which was demolished in about 1840 after the current Bardon Hall was completed furth ...
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St Peter's Church, Bardon
St Peter's Church is a church in Bardon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building. History The church was designed by J.B. Everard (1844–1923),who is buried in the churchyard, and was built in 1899, in memory of the Everard family. It is built of granite and its exterior masonry is laid like crazy paving. The tower has three bells cast in 1899 by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. The tower's saddleback roof is topped off by a flèche Flèche or Fleche may refer to: *Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire *Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition *Flèche (fencing) The flèche is an aggressive offensive fencing technique used with foil and épée. Background .... References Sources * * Bardon Bardon {{Leicestershire-struct-stub ...
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