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 town and civil parish regarding 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) 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 town is on the A447 road Between Coalville as well as Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a derivative of Ibestoche indicating the farmstead or district of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name also located in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers an overall population of 763, in 152 families, two-thirds engaged in farming, the rest in profession and manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually boosted to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining area and also has historical and also present manufacturing plants that produce tiles, bricks, boots and also shoes, as well as light design. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was constructed via the area as well as Heather & Ibstock train station was opened to serve the village. Passenger services finished 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 house on Station Road endures.
