Battram is a hamlet forming part of the
Ibstock civil parish in
North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Leicestershire, England. The towns in the district include of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington, Coalville, Leicestershire , Coalville (where the council is b ...
, England.
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
Ellistown is a village about south of Coalville in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Colonel Joseph Joel Ellis who died in 1885. The village is in the civil parish of Ellistown and Battlefl ...
and
Ibstock Collieries. Nailstone is in
the National Forest and has a newly planted wood on its eastern side.
Hamlets in Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire District
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