Barlestone is a village and

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in the

Hinckley and Bosworth Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth. Villages in ...

district of Leicestershire, England, adjoining the village of Osbaston. The

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reported Barlestone's population as 2,471 in 2001, and 2,481 in 2011.

History

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The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Berwulf or Beornwulf'. Although coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone; the miners travelled to pits in Bagworth,

Coalville Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Tr ...

and Newbold Heath. 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: * St Giles' Church, Barlestone on Church Road, designed by the Gothic Revival architect

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and built in 1855. * A Baptist church on West End * Elohim Church at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road (originally the Jolly Toper

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) A former Methodist church 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

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is a

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school with around 200 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, and an Ofsted rating of "Good". Most of its graduates transfer to The Market Bosworth School or Bosworth Academy in

Desford Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley. Situated on a hill approximately 400 feet above sea level, the parish includes the hamlets ...

References

External links

Barlestone Parish Council

Barlestone St Giles Football Club
* {{authority control Civil parishes in Leicestershire Villages in Leicestershire Hinckley and Bosworth