Bardon, Leicestershire
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 St. Peter's parish church |
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| Bardon shown within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 26 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SK4412 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LE67 |
| Dialling code | 01530 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Bardon is a civil parish and former village in North West Leicestershire about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the centre of Coalville. The parish includes Bardon Hill, which at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level is the highest point in Leicestershire. With the population remaining less than 100, information from the 2011 census was included in the civil parish of Ellistown and Battleflat.
East of Bardon Hill is an oval moat about 12 metres (39 ft) wide and 1.5 metres (5 ft) deep. It encloses an area measuring about 65 metres (213 ft) by 75 metres (246 ft), and the island thus created is raised about 1.5 metres (5 ft) above the level of the surrounding land. The site is a scheduled monument. This site is about 440 metres (1,440 ft) east of Kellam's Farm and a few metres north of the main east-west asphalt driveway (carriage road) linking Copt Oak and Bardon Hall.
South of Bardon Hill is a second moat. This moat is square or rectangular. The moat island is the site of the old Bardon Hall, which was demolished in about 1840 after the current Bardon Hall was completed further up Bardon Hill. The latter is a Tudor revival house designed by the architect Robert Lugar and completed in about 1837.
Granite was being quarried from Bardon Hill by 1622. In 1832 the Leicester and Swannington Railway was opened, passing close by the then village of Bardon. A branch was built to the quarry and continues to carry granite from the quarry to this day. Bardon Hill railway station was near the parish church. The station was closed in the 20th century but the railway through it remains open for freight as part of the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.
In 1921 Bardon had a population of 511 and a public house called the Birch Tree. However, in the 1990s the village was demolished to allow the quarry to be expanded.
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