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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox town<br />
|name=Coleorton<br />
|county=Leicestershire<br />
|picture=St.Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 1298832.jpg<br />
|picture caption=St Mary's, Coleorton<br />
|os grid ref=SK404172<br />
|latitude=52.751<br />
|longitude=-1.402<br />
|population=1,177<br />
|census year=2011<br />
|post town=Coalville<br />
|postcode=LE67<br />
|dialling code=01530<br />
|LG district=North West Leicestershire<br />
|constituency=North West Leicestershire<br />
}}<br />
'''Coleorton''' is a village in north-western [[Leicestershire]], on the A512 road approximately 2 miles east of [[Ashby de la Zouch]]. Nearby villages include [[Newbold, Leicestershire|Newbold]], to the north, [[Thringstone]] to the east, and [[Swannington, Leicestershire|Swannington]] to the south-east.<br />
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This is a modest place still: the 2011 census recorded a parish population of 1,177. It is an ancient place too, long a parish in [[West Goscote Hundred]].<br />
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==Mines and forest==<br />
Coal mining was an important industry in the area from the 15th century.<ref name=Hartley>{{cite web | url=http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/37leicpmed.pdf | title=An Archaeological Resource Assessment of Post-Mediæval Leicestershire | last=Hartley | first=R. F. |date=January 2000 | work=East Midlands Archaeological Research Framework Project | publisher=University of Leicester | accessdate=2008-07-01 }}</ref> In 1572, the miners worked in gangs of 10-20 men, with the gang paid one shilling for each 'rook' they dug out (the rook was a fixed quantity, believed to be c. 1-2 tons).<ref>{{VCH|vol=3|'Mining'|p=32}}</ref><br />
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Coleorton Colliery, which was between Coleorton and Swannington, is now closed, and a woodland [[Coleorton Wood]] was planted in 1991-2 on the colliery site as part of the [[National Forest]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalforest.org/visit/index.php?fuseaction=location.showlocation&loc_id=1633 | title=The National Forest - Woodlands - Coleorton Wood | publisher=National Forest Company | year=2005 | accessdate=2008-07-01 }}</ref> Opencast mining operated between 1985 and 1995.<ref name=Hartley /><br />
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==About the village==<br />
Coleorton was the birthplace of William Stenson (1771–1861), founder of [[Whitwick]] Colliery and 'Father of [[Coalville]]'<br />
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The Grade II* listed [[Coleorton Hall]], in the west of the parish, was built in 1804-8 for the art patron Sir George Beaumont. William Wordsworth was a regular and frequent guest of Sir George Beaumont at the Hall. Between 1948 and 1997 the house was owned by the National Coal Board and used as offices, and it has now been converted into apartments.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95624536.html | title=Property: Apartments at Coleorton Hall | date=2004-06-18 | work=Birmingham Post | first=Marsya | last=Lennox | accessdate=2008-07-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nwleics.gov.uk/development_control/documents/Coleorton_Hall_Garden_of_Special_Historic_Interest.pdf | title=Coleorton Hall Garden of Special Historic Interest | publisher=North West Leicestershire District Council | accessdate=2008-07-01 }}</ref><br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*[http://www.coleorton.org.uk Coleorton Parish Council]<br />
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==References==<br />
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