04 Nov
Windows | Wooden
Coalville, Ibstock, Markfield - LE67
Enquiry from: Diane K
Start Date: Immediate
Outbuilding windows need repair or replacing.
Ibstock
Ibstock is a village and also 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 boosting to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The village is on the A447 road Between Coalville as well as Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a derivative of Ibestoche suggesting the grange or district of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name likewise located in other toponyms. The 1801 Census gives a complete population of 763, in 152 families, two-thirds participated in agriculture, the remainder in profession and also production. By 1811 the population had actually enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a former coal mining community and additionally has historical as well as existing manufacturing plants that create ceramic tiles, bricks, boots as well as shoes, and also light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Train was built via the location and Heather & Ibstock railway station was opened to serve the village. Passenger solutions finished in 1931, with the line via to Coalville East closing entirely in 1964, before the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways report. The station master's residence on Station Road survives.
