Battram

Battram is a hamlet forming part of the Ibstock civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England.

Battram

Older-style terraced housing in Battram
Battram
Location within Leicestershire
OS grid referenceSK4209
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

Battram is named after Johnny Battram, who had the original cottage, but very much expanded with the coming of coal mining in the area. The village was in the shadow of Nailstone pit and not far from the Ellistown and Ibstock Collieries. Nailstone is in the National Forest and has a newly planted wood on its eastern side.

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