Ibstock
Ibstock is a village and also civil parish about 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 enhancing 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 implying the plantation or hamlet of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name additionally located in various other toponyms. The 1801 Census offers a complete population of 763, in 152 family members, two-thirds engaged in agriculture, the remainder in profession as well as manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually enhanced to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining area and also has historic as well as present manufacturing plants that produce floor tiles, blocks, boots and also shoes, as well as light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and also Nuneaton Joint Train was constructed with the location and also Heather & Ibstock railway terminal was opened to serve the village. Passenger services finished in 1931, with the line with to Coalville East closing totally in 1964, prior to the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's house on Station Road endures.