Barkstone le Vale Village Map
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map is a combination of two sheets
Extract from White's Leicester & Rutland Directory 1877
Barkestone, or Barkeston,
a parish and pleasant village, in the Vale of Belvoir,
on the south side of the Nottingham and Grantham Canal, is 9 miles W. by S. of
Grantham, 61/2 miles E.S.E. of Bingham, and 11 miles N. by E. of Melton
Mowbray. Its parish is in the Framland Hundred,
Bingham Union (which is mostly in Nottinghamshire), and County Court District;
it contained, in 1871, a population of 330 persons, and comprises 2870 acres of
fertile clayey land, about half of which is arable. The rateable value of the
parish is £2962. The Duke of Rutland owns most of the soil, and is lord of the
manor, which was held at the Conquest by the Todenei
family, and passed by them to the Albinis, and from
the latter to Lord Roos. It was purchased of the Digbys by the Earl of Rutland, in 1577. The Church
(St. John the Baptist) was appointed to Belvoir Priory,
and consists of nave, north and south aisles, and chancel. It was enlarged, by
the addition of the south aisle, thoroughly repaired, and newly fitted with
open seats, in 1840, at a cost of £2364, of which £1000 was given by the Rev. Fredk. G. Burnaby, M.A., a late vicar, £400 by the parish,
and the rest by subscription. Most of the nave was rebuilt at that time, and
the chancel was re-edified by the Duke of Rutland in 1867. The latter is
separated from the nave by a finely carved oak screen, with folding doors. The tower at the west end, containing four bells and surmounted by
a spire and four pinnacles. The organ was given by the Rev. F. G.
Burnaby, M. A. In the north aisle is a fine marble monument in memory of Daniel
Smith, the founder of the free school. The pulpit and reading desk are of oak,
the latter being richly carved, and added to the church in 1868. The Duke of
Rutland is impropriator of the great tithes and patron of the vicarage, valued
in K.B. at £7 5s. 4d., and now at £114, and held by
the Rev. John P. Power, M. A., who has a neat residence and 70 acres of glebe.
The living was augmented with £200 of Q. A. B. in 1763, and all the tithes and moduses were commuted at the enclosure, in 1791. A farm of
68 acres in this parish, let for £126 a year, was left in 1703 by William
Chester in trust that the rent should be applied as follows :
one-fifth for distribution among the poor of Barkestone,
except 7s. for two Bibles : three-fifths for the poor
of Knipton, Croxton-Kerrial,
and Buckminster ; and the remaining fifth for the poor of Burton-on-the-Wolds and Harby. The
churchwardens and overseers of the respective parishes are the trustees. The
FREE School here, for this parish and Plungar, was
founded by Daniel Smith, who built two schoolrooms and a house, and vested them
in trustees in 1830, endowing them with the adjoining garden, and with a close
of 11a. 3r. 11p. at Plungar, now let for £25 a year. By will in 1834 he
directed his executors to purchase as much Stock as would produce £12 10s. per annum, of which £10 is distributed in equal shares in
the two parishes among the poor, and £2 10s. is
applied in purchasing books for the school library. In 1849 the Rev. Frederick
George Burnaby, M. A., a late vicar, built a new school for boys and a house
for the master, at a cost of £500, and endowed the school with £1000 South Sea
Stock. The old schools are used for girls and infants, and have received a
legacy of £400 3 per cent. Consols from the trustees of the late Mr. John Haves, of
POST OFFICE at Mr. William Smith's. Letters are
received at 10.30 a.m. from, and are despatched at 3.45 p.m. to Bottesford, which is the nearest Money Order Office.
Bonser John, farmer and grazier |
Knight William, corn miller |
Smith William, grocer, grazier and postmaster Carriers - To Grantham, William Shelbourne, Saturday. To Nottingham, George Cant, Saturday ; Mrs Mary & Thomas Hornbuckle, Wednesday and Saturday |
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