Ibstock
Ibstock is a village and also civil parish concerning 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil church was 5,760 at the 2001 census enhancing to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The village gets on the A447 road Between Coalville and Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a derivative of Ibestoche meaning the plantation or community of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name likewise discovered in other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers an overall population of 763, in 152 families, two-thirds participated in agriculture, the rest in trade and also production. By 1811 the population had enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining neighborhood as well as additionally has historic and current factory that produce floor tiles, bricks, boots and also footwear, and also light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and also Nuneaton Joint Railway was built with the area and Heather & Ibstock train station was opened to offer the village. Passenger solutions ended in 1931, with the line with to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, prior to the publication of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's house on Station Road survives.
