GENUKI Home page
Leicestershire Home Page LEICESTERSHIRE   Leicestershire Contents Switch Contents   Leicestershire Towns & Parishes Leicestershire
Towns & Parishes		   Neighbours Nearby
Places

Barlestone

"BARLESTONE, a village, township, and chapelry, in the parish, and 2.5 miles N.E. by N. of Market Bosworth, has 602 inhabitants, and 1039 acres of land, generally fertile, and rising boldly from a small rivulet. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington is lord of the manor, as parcel of tbe honor of Winton, but the soil belongs to Miss Selina Baker, Edward Power, Esq., Alfred Cox, Esq., J.P., William Wright, Esq., Messrs. James Brown, Thomas Kirkman, and Thomas Arnold, and Sir J. W. C. Hartopp, Bart., and several smaller freeholders, some of whom are residents. The Church is a neat Early English structure, with a tower and two bells, and was rebuilt (with the exception of the chancel, which was restored at the same time by the rector) in 1854, at a cost of £1367, raised by subscription, principally through the exertions of the Rev. Henry Homer, BA., the present curate. The living is a curacy, annexed to the rectory of Market Bosworth, and the chapelry pays a modus of 7.75d. per acre in lien of tithes. Here is an old General Baptist Chapel, built in 1798, and rebuilt in 1865; and also a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1833. The poor have 3s. 6d. a year, left by D. Baker and T. Butler, and £3 a year as the rent of lA. 1P. called the Bull Piece. Mr. William Sills, of Leamington Priors, left £495 12s. 4d., and Mrs. W. Sills £107 l6s. 4d. stock invested with the Charity Commissioners, the interest to be distributed yearly at Christmas, half in coats and half in blankets. The trustees of this money are the minister and churchwardens for the time being. A FREE SCHOOL was built here in 1849, by the governors of Bosworth School, from whose funds it is still supported. It is attended by about 130 children, of whom about 40 are infants. Post from Leicester, but Market Bosworth is the nearest Money Order Office. There is a WALL LETTER Box, which is cleared at 4.30 p.m. [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Cemeteries

The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society have published details of Barlestone burials from 1813 - 1865 on microfiche. (863F)

Census

The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. Volume 1 includes Barlestone.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds microfiche copies of Barlestone parish records including copies of baptisms from 1652 - 1943, marriages from 1652 - 1837 and burials from 1652 - 1812.

Names, Personal

Names, occupations and some addresses of residents of the village in 1877 have been transcribed from White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition.

Maps

Multi Media Mapping have current map showing the location of Barlestone.

Poorhouses, Poor Law.

Barlestone was part of the Market Bosworth Union which comprised of 31 parishes. The Union workhouse, situated on Lichfield Road, Market Bosworth was erected in 1836, and had room for 200 inmates although it seldom housed a quarter of that number.

Return to top of page

This parish page was developed by Tim Arguile. Follow this link to find help, report problems or contribute information.
Valid HTML 4.0! Last updated: 25 August 2004 - David Hawgood