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Ibstock
Ibstock is a town 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 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 derivative of Ibestoche suggesting the grange or hamlet 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 families, two-thirds engaged in farming, the rest in trade and also manufacturing. By 1811 the population had actually increased to 836. Ibstock is a previous coal mining area and likewise has historic and also current factory that produce tiles, blocks, boots and footwear, and also light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby as well as Nuneaton Joint Railway was constructed via the location and Heather & Ibstock train station was opened to serve the town. Passenger services ended in 1931, with the line with to Coalville East closing entirely in 1964, prior to the magazine of the Reshaping of British Railways record. The station master's house on Station Road survives.