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Ibstock is a former coal mining town [2] [3] [4] and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census [ 5 ] and 7,615 at the 2021 census.
Heather (/ ˈ h iː ð ər / ⓘ HEE-dhər) is a village west of Ibstock in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 949 at the 2001 census reducing to 920 at the 2011 census. [2] In the Domesday Book of 1086, its name is recorded as Hadre, meaning "the heathland". [3]
Ibstock plc is a manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete products with operations in the UK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . History
Ellistown is named after Colonel Joseph Joel Ellis of London, but its history predates him. From the 14th century it was in the hundred of Sparkenhoe and parish of Ibstock. Ecclesiastically the area was part of the Diocese of Peterborough from the English Reformation until 1926, when it became part of the new Diocese of Leicester.
Sence Valley Forest Park. Sence Valley Forest Park is located between Ibstock and Heather in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England.. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining. [1]
Heather and Ibstock railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the village of Heather and town of Ibstock . It was originally named Heather, but with the industrial expansion of nearby Ibstock the request to have it renamed to include that town was accepted in 1894.
Elizabeth Ridgeway, née Husbands, was born in the mid-17th century on a farm outside Ibstock, Leicestershire, England.She lived at home until about age 29, poisoning her mother after an argument, about a year before she took a job in town as a household servant.
Leicestershire (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / ⓘ LEST-ər-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west.