Coalville
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Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire
, England
, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511
trunk road between Leicester
and Burton upon Trent
, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway
where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch
and Leicester. Coalville is the administrative centre for North West Leicestershire District Council and a market town
for the district; it borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest
which lies to the town's east. It is twinned with Romans-sur-Isère
in South East France.
town, with name coming from the name of the house of the owner of Whitwick Colliery
, Coalville House. Coal has been mined in the area since medieval times and mine workings from these times can be found on the Hough Mill site at Swannington
near the Califat Colliery site. A life-sized horse gin has been built on the Hough Mill site and craters can be seen in the ground, where the medieval villagers dug out their allocation of coal. The seam is at ground level in Swannington, but gradually gets deeper between Swannington and the deepest reserves at Bagworth
, so consequentially, it was not until mining technology advanced that shafts were sunk in Coalville. A disused colliery at Snibston
has been regenerated into Snibston Discovery Park, a museum focused on transport
, mining
and engineering
.
The town grew up with the advent of coal mining which was pioneered by William Stenson
and involved the sinking of shafts on the Snibston site by George Stephenson
. Quarry
ing, textile and engineering industries, such as railway wagon production, grew in the town in the 19th century. Stenson is sometimes described as the Father of Coalville.
The Leicester and Swannington Railway
opened in 1832 reaching Coalville in 1833 and had a small station at Long Lane (now Ashby Road) in Coalville–-the first street in the town, which still has some of the original miners' cottages, which are next to the modern police station
and opposite the sorting office
. Snibston Colliery opened 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 the construction of further railways linking Coalville to Nuneaton
and Shepshed
.
A fire underground at Whitwick Colliery (now under the Morrison's supermarket
) led to the deaths of 35 men in 1898.
In the 20th century the railways to Nuneaton
and Shepshed
were closed and dismantled. Passenger services were withdrawn from the Leicester to Burton line in September 1964, but it remains open for goods traffic. Following the closure of the mines and the Palitoy Factory
in the 1980s, the town fell on hard times. Effort was put into regeneration and the Whitwick Business Park now stands on top of the former Whitwick Colliery site. New business parks and industrial estates were constructed along the A511.
After 1993 there was an abortive plan to restore passenger trains on the Leicester-Burton line through Coalville as an extension of Leicestershire
's Ivanhoe Line.
, Christ Church on London Road, was built between 1836 and 1838 (additions were made in 1853, 1894–95 and 1936). The architect was H. I. Stevens
of Derby
. The church houses a brass memorial plaque to the victims of the Whitwick Colliery Disaster (1898) and the gravestone of James Stephenson, who came here through the influence of his brother, George Stephenson
, the engineer, to work as an official at the Snibston Colliery.
The Ebeneezer Baptist Church on Ashby Road was built in 1881 by a body of men and women who had previously belonged to the London Road Baptist Church (now demolished). The church once played a prominent part in the musical life of the town, and it was here that the Snibston Colliery Miner's Welfare Silver Prize Band was formed.
Methodism
In 1861, a Primitive Methodist Church was built next to the railway crossing on Belvoir Road. This structure still exists, with lancet windows still visible at the rear of the premises as one walks along the footpath which follows the route of the old railway line. This church was replaced by a new building in Marlborough Square in 1903. This was built to seat 600 people, with school hall, vestries and classrooms. The title 'Primitive Methodist', became obsolete in 1932 when the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists united nationally in 1932. Today, the church is known as simply, the Marlborough Square (or Coalville) Methodist Church. The old Wesleyan Methodist Chapel building still exists a short distance away, now used as a community resource, known as the Marlene Reed Centre.
There was also once another Methodist Church on the London Road. This was founded in 1910 by United Methodists from the United Methodist Church in Loughborough. Thus Coalville once had three different Methodist factions active within the town—all with their own chapels, the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodists. All of these branches were united nationally in 1932, though the London Road Church still continued to be served from Loughborough until 1943, when the chapel was transferred to the Coalville circuit and served by a minister who lived opposite, at number 76, London Road. The church was once known for its lovely garden, but sadly closed some years ago and has since been demolished, the site subsequently being used for new housing.
Roman Catholicism
The Roman Catholic church of Saint Wilfred stands on London Road, next to coalville park also known as 'cvp'.
Other places of worship
Coalville Evangelical Church
, an independent church affiliated with the FIEC
, can be found on Belvoir Road, and there is a Pentecostal church (Full Gospel Mission) on James Street; Jehovah's Winesses have a modern 'Kingdom Hall' on Albert Road and there is also a Spiritualist church (Spritualists' National Union) on Bridge Road.
at the centre of the town is the clock tower, a war memorial
in memory of Coalville residents who gave their lives in the 20th century's two world war
s: built in 1926 to the design of Henry Collings, the tower rises 68 feet above pavement level and was opened by Mrs Charles Booth of Grace Dieu. This memorial was admired by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.
, who had a depot in the town on Ashby Road closed in March 2011 is derelict and may be demolished shortly. From Coalville, buses run to Leicester
, Loughborough
, Burton-on-Trent, Hinckley
and East Midlands Airport.
There is now no railway station
in Coalville. The nearest passenger railway station is Loughborough
, about eight miles north east of Coalville. There have been calls to open the between Burton - Leicester Line
for passenger trains (the line is currently closed at the Leicester end—the only traffic is the occasional Bardon Quarry stone) as part of the Ivanhoe Line but so far there are no plans for this to happen.
A section of the Nuneaton
– Coalville railway at nearby Shackerstone
, seven miles south of Coalville, has been restored and reopened as a heritage railway
called the Battlefield Line
.
Colliery, and is located on Ashby Road. It features interactive exhibits, an 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, a fashion gallery and more. The museum focuses on technology and design and how it affects everyday life.
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
, a family home for 700 years, has been redeveloped into a museum in Coalville. The house has close connections to the Gunpowder Plot
of 1605.
.
There is also King Edward VII Science and Sports College on Warren Hills Road which caters for 14-18 year olds, providing GCSE's, A-Levels and a number of vocational courses, in 2008 awarded the status of 'specialist sports and science college'. In recognition of this a state of the art sports hall was erected on the site between summer 2009 and autumn 2010. The main school building celebrated its centenery in 2009.
The town also has a number of Primary Schools; All Saints Church of England Primary School situated on Ashby road (which has recently undergone extension and renovation work), Broom Leys Primary on Broom-Leys road and Belvoirdale Primary on Scotland Road to name a few.
also theres newbridge high school, specialist sports college, with a population around 400. the school has had their new sports hall built just last year.
is closer to that of Derbyshire
than to the rest of North West Leicestershire, perhaps because of the movement of miners from there.
. Passion has attracted international DJs such as DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold
, Paul Van Dyk
and the DJ Mag 2008 number one DJ Armin van Buuren.
Also in recent times the club night 'Storm' held at the same club has been voted 'Best large club' at the Hard Dance Awards two years in a row. Storm attracts such DJs as Tidy Boys, Lisa Pin-up, Lisa Lashes and BK.
North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Its main towns are Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville.The district contains East Midlands Airport, which operates flights to the rest of Britain and to various places in Europe...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511
A511 road
The A511 road is a stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest from junction 22 of the M1 motorway in Leicestershire, England to join the A50 between Uttoxeter and Derby....
trunk road between Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
and Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....
, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....
and Leicester. Coalville is the administrative centre for North West Leicestershire District Council and a market town
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
for the district; it borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough, and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland; its elevation is generally 600 ft and upwards, the area...
which lies to the town's east. It is twinned with Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère or Romans is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Geography:...
in South East France.
History
As the name indicates, Coalville is a former coal miningCoal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
town, with name coming from the name of the house of the owner of Whitwick Colliery
Whitwick
Whitwick is a village in Leicestershire, England and is an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington. It was an important manor in the Middle Ages, which once included Bardon and Markfield, parts of Hugglescote, Donington le Heath, Ratby,...
, Coalville House. Coal has been mined in the area since medieval times and mine workings from these times can be found on the Hough Mill site at Swannington
Swannington, Leicestershire
Swannington is a former mining village in Leicestershire, England. It was a terminus of the early Leicester and Swannington Railway that was built to carry away its pits' output...
near the Califat Colliery site. A life-sized horse gin has been built on the Hough Mill site and craters can be seen in the ground, where the medieval villagers dug out their allocation of coal. The seam is at ground level in Swannington, but gradually gets deeper between Swannington and the deepest reserves at Bagworth
Bagworth
Bagworth is a village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester.-History:There are records of the manor of Bagworth from the early 14th and early 15th centuries, when it was held by the same feudal lords as the neighbouring manor of Thornton....
, so consequentially, it was not until mining technology advanced that shafts were sunk in Coalville. A disused colliery at Snibston
Snibston
Snibston is a former coal mining village in Coalville, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands, now part of the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston. Its 13th century church of St Mary is the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England...
has been regenerated into Snibston Discovery Park, a museum focused on transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
, mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
.
The town grew up with the advent of coal mining which was pioneered by William Stenson
William Stenson
William Stenson was a mining engineer born in Coleorton, Leicestershire.BackgroundLittle is currently known about Stenson's background. Detail of his parentage remains unknown and neither is it known where he would have received his training as an engineer...
and involved the sinking of shafts on the Snibston site by George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...
. Quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
ing, textile and engineering industries, such as railway wagon production, grew in the town in the 19th century. Stenson is sometimes described as the Father of Coalville.
The Leicester and Swannington Railway
Leicester and Swannington Railway
The Leicester and Swannington Railway was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.-Overview:...
opened in 1832 reaching Coalville in 1833 and had a small station at Long Lane (now Ashby Road) in Coalville–-the first street in the town, which still has some of the original miners' cottages, which are next to the modern police station
Police station
A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...
and opposite the sorting office
Sorting office
Sorting office or Processing and Distribution Center is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, which may be a direct delivery or sent onwards to another regional or local sorting office, or to another postal...
. Snibston Colliery opened in 1833. The railway was extended to Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....
in 1845, placing Coalville on an important route between Burton and Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. Heavy coal traffic encouraged the construction of further railways linking Coalville to Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
and Shepshed
Shepshed
Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 14,000 people...
.
A fire underground at Whitwick Colliery (now under the Morrison's supermarket
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
) led to the deaths of 35 men in 1898.
In the 20th century the railways to Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
and Shepshed
Shepshed
Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 14,000 people...
were closed and dismantled. Passenger services were withdrawn from the Leicester to Burton line in September 1964, but it remains open for goods traffic. Following the closure of the mines and the Palitoy Factory
Palitoy
Palitoy was the name of a British toy company.It manufactured some of the most popular toys in Britain, some original items and others under licence...
in the 1980s, the town fell on hard times. Effort was put into regeneration and the Whitwick Business Park now stands on top of the former Whitwick Colliery site. New business parks and industrial estates were constructed along the A511.
After 1993 there was an abortive plan to restore passenger trains on the Leicester-Burton line through Coalville as an extension of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
's Ivanhoe Line.
Parish church and memorials
Coalville's parish churchParish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, Christ Church on London Road, was built between 1836 and 1838 (additions were made in 1853, 1894–95 and 1936). The architect was H. I. Stevens
Henry Isaac Stevens
Henry Isaac Stevens was an architect based in Derby. He was born in London, in 1806, and died in 1873. In the late 1850s he changed his name to Isaac Henry Stevens.-Family:His parents were Isaac Stevens and Elizabeth Young....
of Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
. The church houses a brass memorial plaque to the victims of the Whitwick Colliery Disaster (1898) and the gravestone of James Stephenson, who came here through the influence of his brother, George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...
, the engineer, to work as an official at the Snibston Colliery.
Other places of worship
BaptistsThe Ebeneezer Baptist Church on Ashby Road was built in 1881 by a body of men and women who had previously belonged to the London Road Baptist Church (now demolished). The church once played a prominent part in the musical life of the town, and it was here that the Snibston Colliery Miner's Welfare Silver Prize Band was formed.
Methodism
In 1861, a Primitive Methodist Church was built next to the railway crossing on Belvoir Road. This structure still exists, with lancet windows still visible at the rear of the premises as one walks along the footpath which follows the route of the old railway line. This church was replaced by a new building in Marlborough Square in 1903. This was built to seat 600 people, with school hall, vestries and classrooms. The title 'Primitive Methodist', became obsolete in 1932 when the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists united nationally in 1932. Today, the church is known as simply, the Marlborough Square (or Coalville) Methodist Church. The old Wesleyan Methodist Chapel building still exists a short distance away, now used as a community resource, known as the Marlene Reed Centre.
There was also once another Methodist Church on the London Road. This was founded in 1910 by United Methodists from the United Methodist Church in Loughborough. Thus Coalville once had three different Methodist factions active within the town—all with their own chapels, the Primitive, Wesleyan and United Methodists. All of these branches were united nationally in 1932, though the London Road Church still continued to be served from Loughborough until 1943, when the chapel was transferred to the Coalville circuit and served by a minister who lived opposite, at number 76, London Road. The church was once known for its lovely garden, but sadly closed some years ago and has since been demolished, the site subsequently being used for new housing.
Roman Catholicism
The Roman Catholic church of Saint Wilfred stands on London Road, next to coalville park also known as 'cvp'.
Other places of worship
Coalville Evangelical Church
Coalville Evangelical Church
Coalville Evangelical Church, is one of the main churches in the town of Coalville in North-West Leicestershire. It is an independent church, but is affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches...
, an independent church affiliated with the FIEC
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is a network of over 500 independent, evangelical churches mainly in the United Kingdom that preach an evangelical faith...
, can be found on Belvoir Road, and there is a Pentecostal church (Full Gospel Mission) on James Street; Jehovah's Winesses have a modern 'Kingdom Hall' on Albert Road and there is also a Spiritualist church (Spritualists' National Union) on Bridge Road.
War Memorial
A well known landmarkLandmark
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at the centre of the town is the clock tower, a war memorial
War memorial
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or to commemorate those who died or were injured in war.-Historic usage:...
in memory of Coalville residents who gave their lives in the 20th century's two world war
World war
A world war is a war affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters....
s: built in 1926 to the design of Henry Collings, the tower rises 68 feet above pavement level and was opened by Mrs Charles Booth of Grace Dieu. This memorial was admired by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.
Transport
There are a number of bus services that run through Coalville with the majority run by Arriva MidlandsArriva Midlands
Arriva Midlands is a division of Arriva. It operates bus services around the Midlands area of England and is made up of various previous bus operators.-Arriva Midlands North:...
, who had a depot in the town on Ashby Road closed in March 2011 is derelict and may be demolished shortly. From Coalville, buses run to Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...
, Burton-on-Trent, Hinckley
Hinckley
Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...
and East Midlands Airport.
There is now no railway station
Coalville Town railway station
Coalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland Railway opened the station in 1894 and British Railways closed it on 7th September 1964....
in Coalville. The nearest passenger railway station is Loughborough
Loughborough railway station
Loughborough railway station serves the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. Situated on the Midland Main Line, 20 km north of Leicester, the station lies to the north-east of the town centre....
, about eight miles north east of Coalville. There have been calls to open the between Burton - Leicester Line
Leicester and Swannington Railway
The Leicester and Swannington Railway was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.-Overview:...
for passenger trains (the line is currently closed at the Leicester end—the only traffic is the occasional Bardon Quarry stone) as part of the Ivanhoe Line but so far there are no plans for this to happen.
A section of the Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...
– Coalville railway at nearby Shackerstone
Shackerstone
Shackerstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal and the River Sence. According to the 2001 census the parish, which also includes the village of Barton in the Beans, had a population of...
, seven miles south of Coalville, has been restored and reopened as a heritage railway
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
called the Battlefield Line
Battlefield Line Railway
The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton , via Market Bosworth, a total of...
.
Museums
Snibston Discovery Museum is built on a site of the former SnibstonSnibston
Snibston is a former coal mining village in Coalville, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands, now part of the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston. Its 13th century church of St Mary is the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England...
Colliery, and is located on Ashby Road. It features interactive exhibits, an 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, a fashion gallery and more. The museum focuses on technology and design and how it affects everyday life.
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum is a surviving example of a family home built around seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire....
, a family home for 700 years, has been redeveloped into a museum in Coalville. The house has close connections to the Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.The plan was to blow up the House of...
of 1605.
Education
The town has a FE/HE College, Stephenson College, which operates approximately 800 different courses in academic, vocational and industry-specific subjects. The college has recently moved from old mining college buildings in the centre of town to new buildings on the A511 near a KFC and the Jolly Collier public housePublic house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
.
There is also King Edward VII Science and Sports College on Warren Hills Road which caters for 14-18 year olds, providing GCSE's, A-Levels and a number of vocational courses, in 2008 awarded the status of 'specialist sports and science college'. In recognition of this a state of the art sports hall was erected on the site between summer 2009 and autumn 2010. The main school building celebrated its centenery in 2009.
The town also has a number of Primary Schools; All Saints Church of England Primary School situated on Ashby road (which has recently undergone extension and renovation work), Broom Leys Primary on Broom-Leys road and Belvoirdale Primary on Scotland Road to name a few.
also theres newbridge high school, specialist sports college, with a population around 400. the school has had their new sports hall built just last year.
Dialect
The local dialectDialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
is closer to that of Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
than to the rest of North West Leicestershire, perhaps because of the movement of miners from there.
Nightclubs
The town is known nationally for the club night 'Passion' held at the Emporium in the town centreTown centre
The town centre is the term used to refer to the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town.Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus stations...
. Passion has attracted international DJs such as DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...
, Paul Van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
and the DJ Mag 2008 number one DJ Armin van Buuren.
Also in recent times the club night 'Storm' held at the same club has been voted 'Best large club' at the Hard Dance Awards two years in a row. Storm attracts such DJs as Tidy Boys, Lisa Pin-up, Lisa Lashes and BK.
Notable Residents
- Hugh AdcockHugh AdcockHugh "Hughie" Adcock was an English footballer.-Career:-Club:Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record...
- former Leicester City, Bristol Rovers and England footballer - Tina BakerTina BakerTina Baker is a broadcaster and journalist and a leading British soap opera and TV critic. She has featured on many TV programmes such as, Coronation Street Secrets, The Good Soap Guide, How Soaps Changed the World, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and The Top 100 TV Christmas Crackers...
- TV presenter, born at Coalville in 1958 - William BeesWilliam BeesWilliam Dolman Bees VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- Recipient of the Victoria Cross, buried in the London Road Cemetery - George Smith (1831 - 95) - victorian philanthropist (campaigner for the abolition of child labour)
- William StensonWilliam StensonWilliam Stenson was a mining engineer born in Coleorton, Leicestershire.BackgroundLittle is currently known about Stenson's background. Detail of his parentage remains unknown and neither is it known where he would have received his training as an engineer...
- Mining Engineer, founder of Whitwick Colliery; plaque on London Road marks site of former residence - MC PitmanMC PitmanMC Pitman is a rapper and hip-hop producer from Coalville, Leicestershire, UK.MC Pitman is the alter-ego of Styly Cee, a former Pirate Radio DJ based in Nottingham. Prior to creating Pitman, he was member of Lost Island, with another rapper called Frisco....
- Hip-Hop Artist who performs in the persona of a Coalville miner