Ibstock
Ibstock is a village and also civil parish concerning 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) 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 town gets on the A447 road Between Coalville as well as Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche implying the farmstead or community of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name likewise found in other toponyms. The 1801 Census provides a total population of 763, in 152 households, two-thirds participated in farming, the rest in profession and production. By 1811 the population had enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining area and likewise has historical and also present manufacturing plants that generate floor tiles, bricks, boots and also footwear, as well as light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Train was built through the location and Heather & Ibstock railway station was opened to offer the town. Passenger services ended in 1931, with the line via to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, before the publication of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's home on Station Road makes it through.
