Ibstock is a village and 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 enhancing to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The town gets on the A447 road Between Coalville as well as Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche indicating the farmstead or hamlet of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name also found in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census provides a total population of 763, in 152 households, two-thirds participated in agriculture, the remainder in trade and manufacturing. By 1811 the population had increased to 836. Ibstock is a former coal mining neighborhood and also has historic and also present manufacturing plants that produce ceramic tiles, blocks, boots as well as shoes, and light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was built with the area as well as Heather & Ibstock train terminal was opened to offer the town. Passenger services ended in 1931, with the line via to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, before the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways report. The station master's home on Station Road endures.
