A new interactive map has been released which shows the most 'Wikipedia'ed' person in every town of the UK.

So who are the most searched for people in the Coalville area? We decided to take a look at the map for ourselves over the Christmas break.

For Coalville itself, the most common name that crops up is Game of Thrones actor Tom Hopper.

You might have thought that some of the area's more famous founders might have been top of the pile - but Tom is known worldwide after appearing in a number of productions.

Thomas Edward Hopper was born on 28 January 1985 in Coalville and attended Ashby School, where he first developed an interest in acting.

Hopper was cast in As You Like It at the Watford Palace Theatre and has appeared in various television programmes and films including Saxon, Casualty, Kingdom and Doctors. Hopper portrayed Marcus in the comedy-horror film Tormented, about a bullied teenager who comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates; the film was released in May 2009.

In 2010, he was in an episode of Doctor Who. Hopper played Sir Percival in the BBC series Merlin. He joined the series in the third season in 2010, and was a regular for the next two seasons. After Merlin ended in 2012, he featured in Good Cop in 2012.

In 2013, Hopper starred in Cold, directed and written by his Merlin co-star Eoin Macken. The film was later released in the United States as Leopard.[8] In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in Northmen: A Viking Saga.

Hopper became the first actor to join the Starz series Black Sails, in which he portrayed Billy Bones.

The pirate drama serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Hopper deliberately chose to play Bones as a "selfless person, looking out for his crew", believing that the character would have changed dramatically in the time period between Black Sails and Treasure Island. The show was filmed on location in South Africa.

In 2016, Hopper appeared in thriller Kill Ratio and an episode of Barbarians Rising. The following year, he joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in season 7 as Dickon Tarly, replacing Freddie Stroma who had previously appeared in the role in season 6.

In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty. In 2019, Hopper appeared as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy. For the role, Hopper wore a muscle suit to achieve the correct look and underwent martial arts training.

In March 2019, he joined the cast of The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard.

But Whitwick's most searched for person online is Thomas Elsdon Ashford (1859 – 21 February 1913) who 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.

Three street names in the village are named after him according to Wikipedia.

He was about 21 years old, and a private in The Royal Fusiliers, British Army during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 16 August 1880 at Deh Khoja, near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Private Ashford assisted Lieutenant William St. Lucien Chase in rescuing and carrying for a distance of over 200 yards under the fire of the enemy, a wounded soldier who had taken shelter in a block-house and finally brought the wounded man to a place of safety.

His citation read: For conspicuous gallantry on the occasion of the sortie from Kandahar, on the 16th August, 1880, against the village of Deh Khoja, in having rescued and carried for a distance of over 200 yards, under the fire of the enemy, a wounded soldier, Private Massey, of the Royal Fusiliers, who had taken shelter in a blockhouse.

Several times they were compelled to rest, but they persevered in bringing him to a place of safety.

After his military service, Ashford settled in Thringstone and served as a postman for many years. He was married in Thringstone Church to Betsy Ann Sisson on 29 January 1891.

He later moved to Whitwick and died on 13 February 1913.

He was laid to rest in Whitwick Cemetery, in the presence of thousands of mourners, though the grave lay unmarked for many years, until a monument was provided by the local British Legion.

Thringstone's most Wiki'd person is Charles Booth (30 March 1840 – 23 November 1916) who was a British shipowner, social researcher and reformer, best known for his innovative philanthropic studies on working-class life in London towards the end of the 19th century.

Booth's work, along with that of Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, influenced government policy regarding poverty in the early 20th century and helped initiate Old Age pensions and free school meals for the poorest children.

In later life, Booth retired to Grace Dieu Manor near Thringstone, Leicestershire. He died on 23 November 1916 and was buried in Saint Andrew's churchyard. A memorial dedicated to him stands on Thringstone village green, and a blue plaque has been erected on his house in South Kensington: 6 Grenville Place.

The Charles Booth Centre now operates in Thringstone.

Hugglescote's most searched for person is Sir Harry Mason Garner KBE CB FRAeS (3 November 1891 – 7 August 1977) who was a British aerodynamicist.

Garner was one of three boys and a daughter. His eldest brother, William Edward (1889–1960) was born in Hugglescote and became an expert in explosives.

His other brother Frederic Horace (1893–1964) became a chemistry professor. Harry was educated at Market Bosworth Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. He worked for the British government on aerodynamics leading a group at Felixstowe on marine aviation before becoming chief scientist at the Ministry of Supply.

Harry Garner was appointed CB in the King's Birthday Honours of 1948] and was knighted KBE in the New Year Honours of 1951. He was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

In Ibstock, Bernard Charles Newman (8 May 1897 – 19 February 1968) is the most searched for person. He was a British author of more than 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction.

An historian, he was considered an authority on spies, but also wrote books concerning travel and politics. His fiction included mystery novels, science fiction and children's books.

He was a great-nephew of the 19th-century author George Eliot, and the father of the romance writer Margaret Potter, who was married to writer Jeremy Potter.

Coleorton's most Wiki'd person is Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet (6 November 1753 – 7 February 1827) who was a British art patron and amateur painter.

He played a crucial part in the creation of London's National Gallery by making the first bequest of paintings to that institution.

After suffering a brief illness, Sir George Beaumont died in Coleorton Hall on 7 February 1827. He was buried in Coleorton church. Some paintings by his own hand have entered the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, while the rest remain in the Beaumont family collection.