# Nailstone

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nailstone
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nailstone.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailstone
> Source revision: 1310050876
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Village in Leicestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Nailstone A view of All Saints Church, Nailstone Nailstone Location within Leicestershire Population 514 (2011 Census) District Hinckley and Bosworth Shire county Leicestershire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town NUNEATON Postcode district CV13 Dialling code 01530 Police Leicestershire Fire Leicestershire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament Hinckley and Bosworth List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°39′40″N 1°23′02″W / 52.661°N 1.384°W / 52.661; -1.384

**Nailstone** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Hinckley and Bosworth](/source/Hinckley_and_Bosworth) district of [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), England, situated to the west of [Leicester](/source/Leicester) and 3 miles (5 km) north-east of [Market Bosworth](/source/Market_Bosworth).[1] According to the [2001 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001) the parish had a population of 521,[2] reducing slightly to 514 at the 2011 census.[3] The village has a primary school: Dove Bank Primary School[4] the catchment area for which also includes the neighbouring village of [Bagworth](/source/Bagworth).

Nailstone is a former Gopsall Estate village with several buildings of special interest and unique characteristics which are particular to the Gopsall Estate villages.[5] The village also has historical links to the [Jacobite rising of 1745](/source/Jacobite_rising_of_1745) when, after his retreat from Derby, Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" visited his friends the Knowles family in Nailstone. A great elm tree was planted in the village to commemorate this event.[6][7]

Nailstone has had mining links since 1862 when the first Nailstone Colliery mineshaft was sunk.[8] The colliery was closed in 1991 and the land was purchased to provide a logistics centre and country park[9]

Nailstone became a conservation village in 2015.[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nailstone Leicestershire through time | Local history overview for the place"](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=11162&st=Nailstone). *[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)*. [University of Portsmouth](/source/University_of_Portsmouth). 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Parish Headcounts: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District)"](http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790451). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 9 November 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126778&c=Nailstone&d=16&e=62&g=6444784&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466168609758&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Dove Bank Primary School Putting Children First"](https://www.dovebankprimary.co.uk/). *DoveBank Primary School*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Nailstone Conservation Area"](https://www.nailstoneparishcouncil.org.uk/uploads/nailstone-ca-adopted-sept-2015-reduced.pdf) (PDF). *Nailstone Parish Council*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Interesting tales from our area stretching across the centuries"](https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/interesting-tales-area-stretching-across-13783046). *The Hinckley Times*. 24 October 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Elmside Farm, Nailstone"](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/253784). *Geograph*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["NAILSTONE COLLIERY (SK 428085)"](https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/leicestershire/nailstone-colliery/). *Northern Mining Research Society*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["New logistics centre in Nailstone could offer 1,000 jobs"](https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/new-logistics-centre-nailstone-could-11280467). The Hinckley Times.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Nailstone Conservation Area"](https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/info/511/conservation_areas/1170/nailstone_conservation_area). *Hinckley & Bosworth BC*.

## External links

Media related to [Nailstone](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nailstone) at Wikimedia Commons

[52°39′40″N 1°23′02″W / 52.661°N 1.384°W / 52.661; -1.384](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nailstone&params=52.661_N_1.384_W_type:city(521)_region:GB-LEC)

This Leicestershire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Leicestershire-geo-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3ALeicestershire-geo-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Leicestershire-geo-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nailstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailstone) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailstone?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.