In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barkestone like this:
BARKESTONE, a parish in the district of Bingham and county of Leicester; in the vale of Belvoir, and on the Nottingham and Grantham railway, 1¾ mile W of Bottesford station, and 17 E of Nottingham. It has a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 2,870. Real property, £2,950. Pop., 411. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £114.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is excellent. A school has £25 from endowment, and other charities £40.
Barkestone through time
Barkestone is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barkestone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barkestone, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10601
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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