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| Ibstock | |
|---|---|
 St Denys’ Church, Ibstock | |
  Ibstock Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 5,760 (2001 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SK4010 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | IBSTOCK |
| Postcode district | LE67 |
| Dialling code | 01530 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Ibstock Parish Council |
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.[6]
The village is on the A447 road between Coalville and Hinckley.[7][8]
The toponym Ibstock could be a derivative of Ibestoche meaning the farmstead or hamlet of Ibba, which is an Old English personal name also found in other toponyms.[9]
- ^ "Area selected: North West Leicestershire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Fletcher, William George Dimock (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents. Clarke and Hodgson.
- ^ Nichols, John (1811). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester: ... By John Nichols, ... In Four Volumes. John Nichols.
- ^ "Former Ibstock miners' welfare club to become village hall". BBC News. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Office for National Statistics - Nomis - official census and labour market statistics, by Parish". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 24028 2
- ^ Map Details Archived 21 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 11 April 2013
- ^ Mills, A. D. (2011). "Ibstock". A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199609086. Retrieved 8 February 2018.