Barkestone-le-Vale
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|civil_parish = Redmile
|static_image = Barkestone-le-Vale, Chapel Street - geograph.org.uk - 982377.jpg
|static_image_caption = Chapel Street, Barkestone-le-Vale
|label_position = bottom
|coordinates = {{coord|52.89|-00.84|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Barkestone-le-Vale
|population =
|shire_district = Melton
|shire_county = Leicestershire
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = Melton and Syston
|post_town = NOTTINGHAM
|postcode_district = NG13
|postcode_area = NG
|dial_code = 01949
|os_grid_reference = SK7834
}}
Barkestone-le-Vale is a village and (as just "Barkestone") a former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, in the Melton district, in the north east of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 238.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10370061/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Barkestone AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 December 2022}}
History
The name Barkestone means "farm/settlement of Bark".{{Cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barkestone |title=Key to English Place-names |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810065927/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Barkestone |url-status=live}}
The village originated as a settlement in the 7th century. It features as a parish in the 1086 Domesday Book.http://www.barkestonelevale.com/main.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206123859/http://www.barkestonelevale.com/main.htm |date=6 February 2005}}, accessed 4 November 2007. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Redmile.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10370061|title=Relationships and changes Barkestone AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 December 2022}}
Heritage
There are 120 dwellings in Barkestone-le-Vale. The village had a primary school, which was closed in the late 1980s, by which time it had only 11 pupils. The school building was converted for residential use,{{Cite web |url=http://www.dark-brown.co.uk/ |title=The Old School - Home |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118041149/http://dark-brown.co.uk/ |archive-date=18 January 2018 |url-status=dead }} as was the former mill house and a large derelict farmhouse.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
File:St Peter & St Paul Barkestone.JPG]]
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a listed building Grade II* dating mainly from the 14th century with 15th-century additions. Most of the windows are in the Perpendicular style of Gothic. Parts of the church were rebuilt in 1840 and the whole was restored in 1857.British listed buildings [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101188593-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-redmile#.WU7jo5KGNwo Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073309/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101188593-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-redmile#.WU7jo5KGNwo |date=11 August 2021}} The congregation belongs to the Vale of Belvoir group.A Church Near You [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/barkestone-st-peter-st-paul/ Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317035609/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/barkestone-st-peter-st-paul/ |date=17 March 2016}}
A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1825, but not mentioned in gazetteers later in the century.Leicestershire History [http://leicestershirehistory.co.uk/?page_id=3284 Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909081106/http://leicestershirehistory.co.uk/?page_id=3284 |date=9 September 2016}} It closed for lack of support in 1927.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpr-pc.org/DownloadHandler.ashx?pg=92eb28cd-6f2e-46d2-b949-b718566e9580§ion=783830de-b344-4c6a-a888-fadce0830be0&file=barkestonevillagedesignstatement.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231045638/http://bpr-pc.org/DownloadHandler.ashx?pg=92eb28cd-6f2e-46d2-b949-b718566e9580§ion=783830de-b344-4c6a-a888-fadce0830be0&file=barkestonevillagedesignstatement.pdf |url-status=live}}
Countryside
There are several footpaths serving the village, one of them linking it with Belvoir Castle. The rural countryside makes it suitable for bird-watching. Among the species seen round the village are the buzzard, the quail, and the reed and sedge warblers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.birdguides.com/sites/europe/britain-ireland/britain/england/leicestershire-and-rutland/ |title=Barkestone Wood. Retrieved 22 November 2018. |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073241/https://www.birdguides.com/sites/europe/britain-ireland/britain/england/leicestershire-and-rutland/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.granthamcanal.org/fauna/ |title=Canal bird life. Retrieved 22 November 2018 |date=23 May 2011 |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125054358/http://www.granthamcanal.org/fauna/ |url-status=live}}
The Grantham Canal, which opened in 1797, is no longer in commercial use. It passes to the north and west of the village, parallel with the disused railway.Canal & River Trust [https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/grantham-canal Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073329/https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/grantham-canal |date=11 August 2021}}
Public transport
The nearest railway station is Bottesford (5½ miles, 8.9 km) on the Nottingham to Grantham/Skegness line. Redmile railway station (1½ miles, 2.4 km), with trains between Melton Mowbray and Grantham or Newark-on-Trent, closed to passengers in 1951.
Barkestone is served by daytime buses between Bottesford and Melton Mowbray six times a day on Monday to Saturday.Bus timetable [https://bustimes.org.uk/services/em_12-24-_-y08 Retrieved 25 June 2017.]
Amenities
There is a primary school in Redmile (1.6 miles, 2.6 km).School site [http://www.redmile.leics.sch.uk/ Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127124515/https://redmile.leics.sch.uk/ |date=27 January 2021 }} The nearest shops and a secondary schoolBelvoir High School [http://www.belvoirhigh.leics.sch.uk/ Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304155732/https://www.belvoirhigh.leics.sch.uk/ |date=4 March 2021 }} are in Bottesford (4.8 miles, 7.7 km). The village pub, The Chequers, has become a bar and grill, open most evenings. Plungar (1 mile, 1.6 km) has the nearest traditional pub, The Anchor.What Pub [https://whatpub.com/pubs/BEV/042/anchor-plungar Retrieved 25 June 2017.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073245/https://whatpub.com/pubs/BEV/042/anchor-plungar |date=11 August 2021}} The local post office opens for only two hours a week.{{Cite web|url=https://www.localmint.com/uk/post-office-barkestone-23315|title=Post Office in Barkestone, Nottingham|website=Localmint|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073307/https://www.localmint.com/uk/post-office-barkestone-23315|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Barkestone-le-Vale}}
- {{OpenDomesday|SK7734|barkestone-le-vale|Barkestone[-le-Vale]}}
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Category:Villages in Leicestershire