Barnstone

Barnstone
Barnstone
Barnstone shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK7335
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG13

Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52°54′N 0°55′W / 52.90°N 00.91°W / 52.90; -00.91Coordinates: 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, schools and railway station are in Bingham (4.5 miles, 7 km). The parish church is St Mary's. The spelling in the 19th century was usually "Barnston".

The Domesday Book completed in 1086 states that Barnstone contained 26 households. The Lord at Barnstone and at Langar at that time was William Peverel. Barnstone had a population of 169 in about 1870–72.

The Manor House in Main Road is a Grade II listed building originating from the 17th century, with 18th and 19th-century additions. So is The Rookery, a large mid-18th-century house now subdivided, and the late 18th-century Roadside Farmhouse and Barn.

There is a Blue Circle cement works based in Barnstone. The first lime kiln was erected in 1864. Cement manufacture began on the site in 1885, when the first rotary kiln was installed. Sixteen bottle kilns followed in 1886. Barnstone later specialised in manufacturing cements for the mining industry.

The premises were later owned by Lafarge. The company ceased manufacture of cement clinker in May 2006, leaving Barnstone as a specialist cement-grinding and blending operation. In 2013 the company merged with Tarmac to become Lafarge Tarmac Ltd.

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

railway station served the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway and its successors between Melton Mowbray and Nottingham, from 1879 to 1953. Goods traffic to the limestone sidings continued until 1962.

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