Ockbrook is a village in

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. It is almost contiguous with the village of

Borrowash Borrowash is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, situated immediately east of the Derby city boundary. The appropriate civil parish is called Ockbrook and Borrowash. History Borrowash was, for most of its history, the sec ...

, the two only separated by the A52. The

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Ockbrook and Borrowash Ockbrook and Borrowash () is a civil parish in the borough of Erewash in the county of Derbyshire in England. It straddles the A52 a few miles east of Derby and contains two adjacent villages of very different character: Ockbrook, which lies ju ...

. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335. Ockbrook lies about east of

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History

There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as the

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...

period (~8000BC) in the form of two bifacial cores of flint. A small greenstone axe head attests to

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activity (4000 - 2500BC, but no archaeological evidence has yet been discovered of

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activity in the village. From the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

(800BC - AD43) there is a variety of evidence obtained during the excavation of a

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aisled building at Littlehay Grange Farm between 1994 and 1997. This includes

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s of Ancaster Breedon scored ware and

Aylesford-Swarling Pottery Aylesford-Swarling pottery is part of a tradition of wheel-thrown pottery distributed around Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and named after two cemeteries in Kent dating to the 1st century BC. The tradition reached Britain with the so- ...

, a Group A one-piece brooch, an Iron Age coin of silver dating to between 40 BC and 10 AD, and an Iron Age ring headed pin or spike. Evidence of occupation during the Roman period (AD43 - 410) includes the sites of three farmsteads, one of which has been excavated. From these it appears that the fortunes of the area at that time mirrored those of nearby

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(Roman Derby), with a boom starting during the 2nd century AD followed by abandonment at the end of the 4th century. During the early Dark Ages, Ockbrook was part of the Kingdom of

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. According to the ''

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'', this was founded in 560 by Creoda, one of whose followers may have had the personal name Occa. It was this Occa (an

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) who established Ockbrook in the 6th century on the banks of a small stream, the Ock. During the ninth century, the

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invaded and swept through large swathes of England until fought to a standstill by

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. The country was partitioned as a consequence c874 and Ockbrook, being east of

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(the present day A5) would have been in the

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. This period is attested to by two place names, The Ridings and Carrhill, which derive from

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. Despite frequent skirmishes between Danes and the English hereabouts, the Danelaw survived until 1066 when, according to the

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, the manor was held by Toki (probably a

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). The entry reads:

"...In Ockbrook Tochi had four
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of land (assessed) to the
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, land for four ploughs. There are now ten
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s and two
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having three ploughs and four rent paying tenants rendering 14 shillings. There are five acres of meadow, woodland for
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one
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in length and half a league wide. In King Edward’s day worth £4 now 40
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belonging to the
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...".

By 1086 the manor had been transferred either to the extensive holdings of Geoffrey Alselin or to the Bishop of Chester (according to

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), both of whom were

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. c1130 it was divided between two sons of Sir Ralph Halselin whence half descended to the Bardolfs of

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(who sold it to the Foljambe's c1420) and half to Serlo de Grendon who granted it to

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. At the

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, these shares were largely broken up amongst the

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ers, notably the Battelles, Harpurs, Keyes (of

Hopwell Hopwell is a hamlet and civil parish in the south east of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 33. It lies south of Dale Abbey and north of Draycott. Since 1974 it has been part of the Erewash borough. ...

) and Wilmots (of

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).
In 1750 the

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established
settlement
here, one of only three remaining in the country. This was on the edge of the old village and separate from it. The buildings are

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red brick and two of them, the Manse (1822) and the chapel (1751–1752) are

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. From the early 19th century,

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families from

and

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took advantage of the fragmented landowning pattern to acquire land and build elegant villas. Also during this period, work diversified to include four silk glove makers, four shoemakers, and a straw bonnet maker.
In more recent times, extensive new housing developments have turned Ockbrook into a commuter dormitory for Derby.

Sport

Cricket

History of cricket dates back to the mid nineteenth century, where a match report was recorded between Ockbrook and "Sawley Club" in 1843.The History of Cricket in Long Eaton, Sandiacre & Sawley, 1994, Keith Breakwell.

Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England. The club has a history dating back to the mid 19th century. Ground The home ground is located on Victoria Avenue in Ockbrook, Derbyshire and ha ...

moved to the current ground on Victoria Avenue in 1898. In 1999, Ockbrook & Borrowash CC became the first champions of the newly formed Premier Division of the

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; the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire, England, and is a designated ECB

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. The club has continued to gain high acclaim and has since added a further 5 Championship ECB Premier league titles to its tally: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2014.

Football

Ockbrook Football Club.

Golf

Borrowood Golf Club was founded in 1902 as a 9-hole course. It was laid out on farmland south of Borrow Wood Farm between the villages of Ockbrook and Spondon. The club closed in the early 1950s.

Area and population growth

The area of the village is . The population growth figures include

Source:

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from Census Customer Services.

Schools

* Ockbrook Ridings Playgroup
Redhill Primary School
*

Ockbrook School Ockbrook School was an independent coeducational day and boarding school for children aged 3–18 years situated in rural Derbyshire between the cities of Nottingham and Derby. Boarding was for boys and girls from age 11–18 years. On Monday 7 J ...

Churches

* All Saints' Church, Ockbrook became the

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between c1550 and c1600. Prior to this it was a

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of Elvaston. The

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, the tower is late twelfth century, the broached spire is thirteenth century and the oak

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screen dates from c1520. Recent historical research and archaeological finds suggest that it may originally have been a

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religious site. * Moravian

Pubs

* Cross Keys. Still has a knitters window where

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were made for

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and her

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. * Queens Head.
Royal Oak
Ockbrook's oldest pub, it was held by the Peet family for the three hundred years from ~1610 to 1912, a remarkable record. Beer was once brewed here, using water from the pub's own well, now capped by a stone slab near the front door. * White Swan. Situated opposite All Saints church on Church Street.

Amenities

Hill Top Service Station
* Eclipse Hairdressers * The Apple Tree * Village Hall

Streets, gitties and footpaths

This list of streets is taken from Street list fro
Streetmap.co.uk
* Anne Potter Close * Bakehouse Lane * Bare Lane – See note below * Cedar Drive * Church Street * Cole Lane * Collier Lane * Collumbell Avenue * Croft Close * Far Lane: The ancient hedgerows along its upper reaches indicate that this is a very old track, probably dating from the Mesolithic. It is possible that it once connected with the Port-ways i.e. the rivers Derwent and

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. * Flood Street * Green Lane – See note below * Hargrave Avenue * Hill Croft Drive * Homefarm Close * Moor Lane – See note below * New Street * Oak Close * Orchard Close * Pares Way * Ryal Close * Shop Stones * Sisters Lane * The Paddock * The Ridings: The name is Danish either for a ''clearing'' or a similar-sounding word meaning ''a third division''. * The Settlement * Top Manor Close * Victoria Avenue * Wesley Lane * Windmill Close * Yew Tree Avenue
* Note – Bare Lane, Green Lane and Moor Lane form one continuous road through the village. The quickest route between two points in the village is often via a gitty. These were originally footpaths through fields. They have survived the encroachment of housing by mutating into high walled or fenced alleyways between the buildings and gardens of the new (and old) developments.

Numerous footpaths start at the village boundary (often as the continuation of a street or gitty) and lead over the fields to neighbouring villages,

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and farms.

Historic maps (in chronological order)

* OS 25" Edition 1 1871–1882, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16. * OS 25" Edition 2 1896–1900, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16. * OS 6" County Series Edition 1 1887, Derbyshire sheet L SE. * OS 6" County Series Edition 2 1901, Derbyshire sheet L SE. * OS 6" County Series Edition 3 did not include Derbyshire. * OS 25" Edition 3 1914–1925, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16. * OS 6" County Series Revision 1 1919, Derbyshire sheet L SE. * OS 6" County Series Revision 2 1913 & 1938, Derbyshire sheet L SE. * OS 25" Revision 1 1939–1947, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16. * OS 25" Revision 2 did not include Derbyshire. OS =

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. OS sheets use

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, so L = 50. ''This list is incomplete.''

References

External links

Ockbrook & Borrowash Community Information

Ockbrook Football Club

Ockash Trust

Ockbrook School
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