Ibstock
Ibstock is a town and also civil parish regarding 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The village gets on the A447 road In between Coalville and also Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche implying the grange or hamlet of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name additionally discovered in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census provides an overall population of 763, in 152 family members, two-thirds engaged in farming, the rest in profession and manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining area and likewise has historic and also current factory that create floor tiles, bricks, boots and also footwear, as well as light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and also Nuneaton Joint Railway was built through the area and Heather & Ibstock railway station was opened to offer the town. Passenger solutions ended in 1931, with the line with to Coalville East closing entirely in 1964, prior to the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's home on Station Road makes it through.
