Barnacle, Warwickshire

Barnacle is a small hamlet in the county of Warwickshire, England, in the civil parish of Shilton and Barnacle.[1] Historically it was divided between the parishes of Shilton and Bulkington.[2]

Barnacle

A cottage in Barnacle
Barnacle
Location within Warwickshire
Civil parish
District
  • Rugby
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOVENTRY
Postcode districtCV7
Dialling code024
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Barnacle was recorded in the Domesday Book as Bernhangre.[3] The Knights Hospitallers held an estate in Barnacle in the 13th century.[1] The hamlet contains Barnacle Hall which dates from 1745,[4] it was built on the site of an earlier hall which had been owned by William Hickman, who was a captain in the Cavalier army of King Charles I during the English Civil War. Because of this it was plundered and burnt down by the Roundheads.[5]

The hamlet contains some 18th century cottages, and the "Red Lion Inn".[6] It also contains a small Methodist chapel, dating from 1844.[7]

References
  1. "BARNACLE". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. "Barnacle, Warwickshire Historical Description (transcribed the entry for Barnacle from the following: Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848)". UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. "Warwickshire A-F". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  4. "BARNACLE. BARNACLE HALL". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. "Parishes: Bulkington". British History Online. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
  7. "METHODIST CHAPEL, CHAPEL LANE, BARNACLE". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2014.


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