Stanton under Bardon in Europe. However in 2006, mining at the New Cliffe Hill Quarry ceased. Stanton under Bardon Stanton-under-Bardon is a village and civil parish about southeast of Coalville, Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 634. Most of the houses are red brick, and many on Main Street are terraced and have long, thin gardens. The village is set in farmland and open fields and is near Junction 22 of the M1 motorway. The village is near Markfield, with which it shares a local newspaper, the "Markfield and Stanton Under Bardon Herald". The village has a thatched pub,
Markfield next stage of planning the estate. Markfield rests on Precambrian volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and the rare mineral diorite is sometimes called markfieldite because it is found in the village. Markfield Markfield is a commuter village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Merchenefeld. A variant of this is still used as the name for the village primary school, Mercenfeld. It is to the south-east of