01 Dec
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Coalville, Ibstock, Markfield - LE67
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Ibstock
Ibstock is a village as well as civil parish regarding 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 boosting to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The village is on the A447 road In between Coalville and 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 likewise found in other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers an overall population of 763, in 152 households, two-thirds engaged in agriculture, the rest in profession as well as manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining neighborhood and also has historic and also current manufacturing plants that create floor tiles, blocks, boots and also footwear, and light design. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby as well as Nuneaton Joint Railway was built through the area and Heather & Ibstock railway terminal was opened to serve the village. Passenger services finished in 1931, with the line via to Coalville East closing completely in 1964, before the publication of the Reshaping of British Railways report. The station master's house on Station Road survives.
