Coalville

Coalville is a market town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a populace at the 2011 evaluation of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk street among Leicester and Burton upon Trent, near intersection 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It outskirts the upland zone of Charnwood Forest toward the east of the town.

Coalville is twinned with Romans-sur-Isere in southeastern France. Coalville is a result of the Industrial Revolution. As its name demonstrates, it is a previous coal mining town and was a focal point of the coal-mining area of north Leicestershire. It has been proposed that the name may get from the name of the house having a place with the organizer of Whitwick Colliery: 'Coalville House'.

Be that as it may, convincing proof is a report in the Leicester Chronicle of 16 November 1833: 'Inferable from the movement which has been created by the Railway and New Collieries on Whitwick Waste, arrive which 20 years prior would not have brought 20 for each section of land, is presently offering in parcels at from 400 to 500 for every section of land, for expanding upon. The high stacks, and ious erections upon the spot, give the area a significant enhanced appearance.