Ibstock
Ibstock is a town and also civil parish concerning 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 village gets on the A447 road Between Coalville and also Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a by-product of Ibestoche indicating the farmstead or district of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name additionally discovered in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers a total population of 763, in 152 family members, two-thirds took part in farming, the rest in trade and production. By 1811 the population had enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining neighborhood as well as also has historic and present manufacturing plants that produce tiles, bricks, boots and footwear, and also light design. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and also Nuneaton Joint Train was constructed via the location as well as Heather & Ibstock train terminal was opened to serve the village. Passenger services finished 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.