Ibstock is a village and civil parish about 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 raising to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The town is on the A447 road In between Coalville and also Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche implying the farmstead or district of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name additionally found in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers an overall population of 763, in 152 family members, two-thirds took part in farming, the remainder in trade as well as manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually increased to 836. Ibstock is a former coal mining area as well as also has historical and existing manufacturing plants that generate tiles, bricks, boots and also shoes, and light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Train was developed via the location and Heather & Ibstock railway terminal was opened to serve the town. Passenger services ended in 1931, with the line through to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, before the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways report. The station master's residence on Station Road makes it through.