Barnstone
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Barnstone is a village in Nottinghamshire
, England
.
The parish church
is St. Mary's Church, Barnstone
.
A Blue Circle cement works is based in Barnstone. Cement manufacture began on this site in 1885. and it was home to one of the first rotary kilns. Barnstone specialized in manufacturing cements for the mining industry. The site is now owned by Lafarge and ceased manufacture of cement clinker in May 2006. Barnstone is now a specialized cement grinding and blending operation. It also homes people like piano teachers and childminders.
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
is St. Mary's Church, Barnstone
St. Mary's Church, Barnstone
St. Mary's Church, Barnstone is a parish church in the Church of England in Barnstone, Nottinghamshire.-Current parish status:St. Mary's Church, Barnstone is in the Wiverton group of parishes which includes:*St. Andrew's Church, Langar...
.
A Blue Circle cement works is based in Barnstone. Cement manufacture began on this site in 1885. and it was home to one of the first rotary kilns. Barnstone specialized in manufacturing cements for the mining industry. The site is now owned by Lafarge and ceased manufacture of cement clinker in May 2006. Barnstone is now a specialized cement grinding and blending operation. It also homes people like piano teachers and childminders.