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Coalville history
Coalville was a centre of the coal-mining district of north Leicestershire. It has been suggested that the name may derive from the name of the founder of Whitwick Colliery: ‘Coalville House’
Pre-industrial period
Long Lane, now known as Coalville, was little more than a track known as Long Lane . It ran approximately east-west, stretching between two turnpikes, Bardon and Hoo Ash . The Red House, an eighteenth-century building, was one of very few buildings then standing . Hugglescote and Donington-le-Heath were part of Ibstock parish until 1878 .
Coal-mining
Coal has been mined in the area since the medieval period, a heritage also traceable in the place name Coleorton . Examples of mine workings from these times can be found on the Hough Mill site at Swannington .
Leicester and Swannington Railway
Leicester and Swannington Railway – Leicestershire’s first railway – opened in 1832, reaching Coalville in 1833 . The railway was extended to Burton upon Trent in 1845, placing Coalville on an important route between Burton and Leicester . Heavy coal traffic encouraged further railways linking Coalville to Nuneaton and Loughborough .
Assent to administrative town
Coalville Urban District was formed in 1894 . It came to assimilate several outlying villages following local government changes in 1936 . It was superseded in 1974 by the North West Leicestershire District .
Timeline
Long Lane (Whitwick) colliery sunk by William Stenson in 1824 . Long Lane was a colliery in the late 1800s .
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