Barnstone

Barnstone
Barnstone
 Barnstone shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid referenceSK7335
Shire countyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG13
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°54′N 0°55′W / 52.90°N 00.91°W / 52.90; -00.91

Barnstone is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, forming part of Langar and Barnstone parish. It lies on the border with Leicestershire. The nearest retail stores and schools are at Bingham. The parish church is St Mary's.[1] The spelling in the 19th century was usually "Barnston".[2]

Cement works

There is a Blue Circle cement works based in Barnstone. Cement manufacture began on the site in 1885 and it was home to one of the first rotary kilns. Barnstone specialized in manufacturing cements for the mining industry. The premises are now owned by Lafarge and they ceased manufacture of cement clinker in May 2006, leaving Barnstone as a specialist cement-grinding and blending operation.[3]

Transport

Barnstone is served by Centrebus Route 24 between Bingham and Melton Mowbray, running Monday to Saturday three times a day.[4]

Barnstone had a railway station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway, between Melton Mowbray and Nottingham, from 1879 to 1953, with goods traffic to the limestone sidings continuing until 1962.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Geocaching site. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Langar site. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Timetable. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Langar and Barnstone PC Retrieved 9 August 2014.

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