Ibstock

For the company, see Ibstock plc.

Ibstock
St Denys’ Church, Ibstock
Ibstock is located in Leicestershire
Ibstock
Ibstock
Location within Leicestershire
Population5,760 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSK4010
Civil parish
  • Ibstock
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIBSTOCK
Postcode districtLE67
Dialling code01530
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteIbstock Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°41′13″N 1°24′04″W / 52.687°N 1.401°W / 52.687; -1.401

Ibstock is a former coal mining village 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[2] and 7,615 at the 2021 census.[3]

The village is on the A447 road between Coalville and Hinckley.[4][5]

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.[6]

  1. ^ "Area selected: North West Leicestershire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Office for National Statistics - Nomis - official census and labour market statistics, by Parish". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. ^ OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 24028 2
  5. ^ Map Details Archived 21 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 11 April 2013
  6. ^ Mills, A. D. (2011). "Ibstock". A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199609086. Retrieved 8 February 2018.