Barlestone village is 3 miles north-east of Market Bosworth and 11 miles west of Leicester. Daily schools for poorer families in 1818 (population 558 in 1811, with 29 poor people) Barlestone had no day school of its own, but as with four other local villages, children from poorer families could receive a free education at the … Continue reading Schools in Barlestone, 1818-1851