# Barleythorpe

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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Rutland, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place 
|official_name=Barleythorpe
|country=England
|region=East Midlands
|static_image_name=Barleythorpe_Road.jpg
|static_image_caption=Main Street
|area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_chart_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10148212&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=A vision of Britain through time |accessdate=26 January 2009 |publisher=University of Portsmouth }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi=1.6
| population = 178
| population_ref = [2001 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |title=Rutland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=25 January 2009 |publisher=Rutland County Council |date=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204902/http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |archive-date=2007-10-12 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
 |population_density={{convert|111|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}
|os_grid_reference=SK849096
|coordinates = {{coord|52.68|-0.74|display=inline,title}}
|post_town=OAKHAM
|postcode_area=LE
|postcode_district=LE15
|dial_code=01572
|constituency_westminster=[Rutland and Stamford](/source/Rutland_and_Stamford)
|london_distance={{convert|86|mi}} [SSE](/source/Boxing_the_compass)
|unitary_england=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|lieutenancy_england=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|shire_county=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|website=
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'''Barleythorpe''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the county of [Rutland](/source/Rutland) in the [East Midlands](/source/East_Midlands) of England. It is located about a mile (1.6&nbsp;km) north-west of [Oakham](/source/Oakham). The population at the 2001 census was 178, increasing to 207 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120380&c=Barleythorpe&d=16&e=62&g=6384774&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466760903562&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011182024/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120380&c=Barleythorpe&d=16&e=62&g=6384774&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466760903562&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. 'Barley' comes from the later addition of the family name 'le Bolour' which is often confused with the crop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Rutland/Barleythorpe|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

Barleythorpe Hall was a home of [Lord Lonsdale](/source/Hugh_Lowther%2C_5th_Earl_of_Lonsdale) until 1926. After being sold by Lord Lonsdale to [Lawrence Kimball](/source/Lawrence_Kimball), the Hall burned down in 1934 and was rebuilt in a more modern style. It was later an elderly person's home from 1970 until 2006.  It was sold to Hazelton Homes, who in 2018, transformed the building into luxury apartments.

Alongside was the training and conference centre of [EEF](/source/EEF_the_manufacturers_organisation) East Midlands and Mid-Anglia which was sold to [Rutland County Council](/source/Rutland_County_Council) in 2011.  The building was refurbished and let to [Rutland County College](/source/Rutland_County_College) and [Oakham United Football Club](/source/Oakham_United_F.C._(Rutland)).  In August 2017 the college moved back to their main site at Great Casterton and Rutland County Council opened a serviced business centre called The King Centre, named after former Leader of Rutland County Council, Terry King, who retired in 2016.  The building is now home to around 30 small businesses and a café which is open to the public.

Until January 2007, Main Street was the [A606](/source/A606_road) but the village now benefits from the Oakham Bypass and the main road has become the B640. New housing estates are being built in the parish as Oakham expands. Facilities in Barleythorpe include the supermarket [Aldi](/source/Aldi),<ref>{{cite web|title=ALDI - Hackamore Way, Barleythorpe|url=https://www.aldi.co.uk/store/s-uk-E0897|website=Aldi.co.uk|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> and a [BP](/source/BP) filling station with a [Marks and Spencer](/source/Marks_and_Spencer) Simply Food store attached.[https://www.marksandspencer.com/stores/oakham-bp-1331]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050728145132/http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=3 Rutland Website – Barleythorpe]

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Category:Villages in Rutland
Category:Civil parishes in Rutland
Category:Oakham

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