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 boosting to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The village gets on the A447 road Between Coalville and also Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche suggesting the grange or community of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name likewise located in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census gives an overall population of 763, in 152 families, two-thirds participated in agriculture, the remainder in trade as well as production. By 1811 the population had enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a former coal mining neighborhood and likewise has historic and also existing factory that produce tiles, blocks, boots and shoes, and light design. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby as well as Nuneaton Joint Railway was built with the area and Heather & Ibstock railway station was opened to serve the village. Passenger services ended in 1931, with the line with to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, before the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's house on Station Road survives.