How old is Coalville?
If you haven’t guessed already, as the name suggests, Coalville is a former mining town. It is also the birthplace of Action Man and Star Wars figurines and Care Bears. In fact, this year we are celebrating 50 years since Action Man was born at Palitoy Ltd of Coalville in 1966.
What is the history of Coalville?
Coalville is a product of the Industrial Revolution. As its name indicates, it is a former coal mining town and 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 house belonging to the founder of Whitwick Colliery: ‘Coalville House’.
Does Coalville have a train station?
Coalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line….Coalville Town railway station.
| Coalville Town | |
|---|---|
| 27 April 1833 | Passengers purchase tickets at the “Railway Hotel” on Long Lane |
| 27 March 1848 | Station opened as Coalville |
When was Coalville founded?
1859
History of Coalville City. Founded in 1859 by William Henderson Smith. Population of 1,396 Coalville is the County Seat and was originally called “Chalk Creek.”
When was the first Coalville Town station built?
The first proper Coalville station was opened in 1848 after the line had been taken over by the Midland Railway. This in turn was rebuilt in 1894, being renamed Coalville Town in 1924 to distinguish it from Coalville East on the rival Charnwood Forest Railway.
When did the Charnwood Forest Railway close Coalville Town?
This in turn was rebuilt in 1894, being renamed Coalville Town in 1924 to distinguish it from Coalville East on the rival Charnwood Forest Railway. British Railways closed Coalville Town on 7 September 1964 when passenger services were ended on the line. The line remains open for freight only.
Where does the Coalville line start and end?
So it looks from the map at the bottom of that webpage like this line ran North out of Nuneaton Trent Valley station (today’s station), spured off to the east and then forked into two at Shackerstone with two branches. One of which joined the existing freight only Coalville (Leicester to Burton on Trent) line.
Where was Coalville in the Victorian state of Victoria?
Coalville was a small settlement in the valley of the Narracan Creek, Gippsland, about 7 km south of Moe and about 142 km east of Melbourne. Land was selected in the area from 1876. The existence of black coal had been reported, and in the 1880s prospectors and government drillers found good quality deposits.