Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coalville

Coalville, vil. with ry. sta., Ibstock, Whitwick, and Packington pars., N. Leicestershire, 5 miles SE. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 114 miles NW. of London, pop. 1904; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; stands in a great coal district.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Leicestershire AncC
Place: Coalville

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