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{{Infobox UK place
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
| country = England
|official_name= Ockbrook
| official_name= Ockbrook
|map_type= Derbyshire
| map_type= Derbyshire
|civil_parish= [[Ockbrook and Borrowash|Ockbrook and<br>Borrowash]]
| civil_parish= [[Ockbrook and Borrowash|Ockbrook and<br>Borrowash]]
|coordinates = {{coord|52.92000|-1.372354|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|52.92000|-1.372354|display=inline,title}}
| population = 7,335
| population = 7,335
| population_ref = (2011)
| population_ref = (2011)
|shire_district= [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]]
| shire_district= [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]]
|shire_county = [[Derbyshire]]
| shire_county = [[Derbyshire]]
|region= East Midlands
| region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Derbyshire]]
| constituency_westminster= [[Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Derbyshire]]
|post_town= [[Derby]]|postcode_district = DE72
| post_town= [[Derby]]|postcode_district = DE72
|postcode_area= DE |dial_code= 01332
| postcode_area= DE
| dial_code= 01332
|os_grid_reference= SK424360
| os_grid_reference= SK424360
|static_image=Quuens head ockbrook.jpg
|static_image_caption=Queens Head
}}
}}
'''Ockbrook''' is an ancient village in [[Derbyshire]], England. It is almost contiguous with the village of [[Borrowash]], the two only separated by the [[A52 road (Great Britain)|A52]]. The appropriate [[civil parish]] is [[Ockbrook and Borrowash]]. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127191&c=Ockbrook&d=16&e=62&g=6414032&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459258668758&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|access-date=29 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> Ockbrook lies about {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of [[Derby]].
'''Ockbrook''' is a village in the [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] district, in the county of [[Derbyshire]], England. It is almost contiguous with the village of [[Borrowash]], the two only separated by the [[A52 road (Great Britain)|A52]]. The [[civil parish]] is [[Ockbrook and Borrowash]]. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127191&c=Ockbrook&d=16&e=62&g=6414032&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459258668758&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|access-date=29 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> Ockbrook lies about {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of [[Derby]].


==History==
==History==
There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as 10000 BC (the [[Mesolithic]]) in the form of two [[wikt:bifacial core|bifacial cores]] of flint. A small [[greenstone (archaeology)|greenstone]] axe head attests to [[Neolithic]] activity. There is no direct evidence from the [[Bronze Age]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as the [[Mesolithic]] period (~8000BC) in the form of two [[wikt:bifacial core|bifacial cores]] of flint. A small [[greenstone (archaeology)|greenstone]] axe head attests to [[Neolithic]] activity (4000 - 2500BC, but no archaeological evidence has yet been discovered of [[Bronze Age]] activity in the village.<ref name="Palfreyman 1999">{{cite book |title=Ockbrook Before Domesday |date=1999 |first=Alan |last=Palfreyman |publisher=Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society |location= Derbyshire |isbn=}}</ref> From the [[Iron Age]] (800BC - AD43) there is a variety of evidence obtained during the excavation of a [[Romano-British]] aisled building at Littlehay Grange Farm between 1994 and 1997. This includes [[sherd]]s of Ancaster Breedon scored ware and [[Aylesford-Swarling Pottery]], 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.<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" />


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 [[Derventio (Little Chester)|Derventio]] (Roman Derby), with a boom starting during the 2nd century AD followed by abandonment at the end of the 4th century.<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" />
From the [[Iron Age]] there is a variety of evidence obtained during the excavation of a [[Romano-British]] aisled building at Littlehay Grange Farm between 1994 and 1997. This includes [[sherd]]s of Ancaster Breedon scored ware and [[Aylesford-Swarling Pottery]], 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 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
During the early [[Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], Ockbrook was part of the Kingdom of [[Mercia]]. According to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', this was founded in 560 by [[Creoda of Mercia|Creoda]], one of whose followers may have had the personal name '''Occa'''.<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" /> It was this Occa (an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo Saxon]]) who established Ockbrook in the 6th century on the banks of a small stream, the Ock.<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" />


During the ninth century, the [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danes]] invaded and swept through large swathes of England until fought to a standstill by [[Alfred the Great]]. The country was partitioned as a consequence c874 and Ockbrook, being east of [[Watling Street]] (the present day [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]]) would have been in the [[Danelaw]]. This period is attested to by two place names, The Ridings and Carrhill, which derive from [[Danish language|Danish]]. Despite frequent skirmishes between Danes and the English hereabouts, the Danelaw survived until 1066 when, according to the [[Domesday Book]], the manor was held by Toki (probably a [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Dane]]).<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" /> The entry reads:
Evidence of occupation during the Roman period 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 [[Derventio (Little Chester)|Derventio]] (Roman Derby), with a boom starting during the 2nd century AD followed by abandonment at the end of the 4th century <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
<blockquote>"...In Ockbrook Tochi had four [[wikt:carucate|carucates]] of land (assessed) to the [[wikt:geld|geld]], land for four ploughs. There are now ten [[villein]]s and two [[wikt:Bordar|Bordars]] having three ploughs and four rent paying tenants rendering 14 shillings. There are five acres of meadow, woodland for [[pannage]] one [[league (unit)|league]] in length and half a league wide. In [[Edward the Confessor|King Edward]]’s day worth £4 now 40[[shillings]] belonging to the [[Bishop of Chester]]...".<ref name="Palfreyman 1999" /></blockquote><br>


By 1086 the manor had been transferred either to the extensive holdings of Geoffrey Alselin or to the Bishop of Chester (according to [[Domesday Book|Domesday]]), both of whom were [[Normans|Norman]]. c1130 it was divided between two sons of Sir Ralph Halselin whence half descended to the [[William 4th Lord Bardolf|Bardolfs]] of [[Wormegay]] (who sold it to the Foljambe's c1420) and half to Serlo de Grendon who granted it to [[Dale Abbey]]. At the [[English Reformation|Reformation]], these shares were largely broken up amongst the [[freehold (law)|freehold]]ers, notably the Battelles, Harpurs, Keyes (of [[Hopwell]]) and Wilmots (of [[Chaddesden]]).<ref name="Craven 1996">{{cite book |title=The Illustrated History of Derby's Suburbs |date=1996 |first=Maxwell |last=Craven |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd |location= |isbn=1-85983-031-5 }}</ref><br>
During the early [[Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], Ockbrook was part of the Kingdom of [[Mercia]]. According to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', this was founded in 560 by [[Creoda of Mercia|Creoda]], one of whose followers may have had the personal name '''Occa''' <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.


In 1750 the [[Moravian Church]] established a [https://web.archive.org/web/20051202022407/http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/historygeography/HistoryoftheMoravianChurch/chap27.html 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 [[Georgian era|Georgian]] red brick and two of them, the Manse (1822) and the chapel (1751–1752) are [[grade II listed]].{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}} From the early 19th century, [[middle-class]] families from [[Derby]] and [[Long Eaton]] took advantage of the fragmented landowning pattern to acquire land and build elegant villas.<ref name="Craven 1996" /> Also during this period, work diversified to include four silk glove makers, four shoemakers, and a straw bonnet maker.<ref name="Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes 2002">{{cite book |author=Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes |title=Derbyshire Villages |date=2002 |publisher=Countryside Books |location= |isbn=978-1853067488 }}</ref><br>
It was this Occa (an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo Saxon]]) who established Ockbrook in the 6th century on the banks of a small stream, the Ock <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
In more recent times, extensive new housing developments have turned Ockbrook into a commuter dormitory for Derby.
{{notelist}}


==Sport==
During the ninth century, the Danes invaded and swept through large swathes of England until fought to a standstill by [[Alfred the Great]]. The country was partitioned as a consequence c874 and Ockbrook, being east of [[Watling Street]] (the present day [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]]) would have been in the [[Danelaw]]. This period is attested to by two place names, The Ridings and Carrhill, which derive from Danish. Despite frequent skirmishes between Danes and the English hereabouts, the Danelaw survived until 1066 when, according to the [[Domesday Book]], the manor was held by Toki (probably a [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Dane]]) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. The entry reads:
===Cricket===
<blockquote>"...In Ockbrook Tochi had four [[wikt:carucate|carucates]] of land (assessed) to the [[wikt:geld|geld]], land for four ploughs. There are now ten [[villein]]s and two [[wikt:Bordar|Bordars]] having three ploughs and four rent paying tenants rendering 14 shillings. There are five acres of meadow, woodland for [[pannage]] one [[league (unit)|league]] in length and half a league wide. In [[Edward the Confessor|King Edward]]’s day worth £4 now 40 [[shillings]] belonging to the [[Bishop of Chester]]..." <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|4]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.</blockquote>
History of cricket dates back to the mid nineteenth century, where a match report was recorded between Ockbrook and "Sawley Club" in 1843.<ref name="Breakwell 1994">The History of Cricket in Long Eaton, Sandiacre & Sawley, 1994, Keith Breakwell. {{ISBN|978-0-9521-4371-0}}</ref> [[Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club]] 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 [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]];<ref>{{cite web|url= https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com/home|title=Derbyshire Leagues|access-date=29 January 2021|publisher=play-cricket.com }}</ref> the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire, England, and is a designated [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] [[ECB Premier Leagues|Premier League]]. 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.<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League 2019">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook |url= |location=Derbyshire |publisher=DCCL |pages=137–145 |date=2019 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com/Competitions |title=DCCL Competition results |publisher=Derbyshire Cricket League |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref><br>


===Football===
By 1086 the manor had been transferred either to the extensive holdings of Geoffrey Alselin or to the Bishop of Chester (according to Domesday), both of whom were [[Normans|Norman]]. c1130 it was divided between two sons of Sir Ralph Halselin whence half descended to the [[William 4th Lord Bardolf|Bardolfs]] of [[Wormegay]] (who sold it to the Foljambe's c1420) and half to Serlo de Grendon who granted it to [[Dale Abbey]]. At the [[English Reformation|Reformation]], these shares were largely broken up amongst the [[freehold (law)|freehold]]ers, notably the Battelles, Harpurs, Keyes (of Hopwell) and Wilmots (of [[Chaddesden]]) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
Ockbrook Football Club.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://picturethepast.org.uk/image-themes/sport.html?pageindex=48|title=Ockbrook Football Club in old photographs|access-date=29 January 2021|publisher= picturethepast.org.uk}}</ref><br>


===Golf===
In 1750 the [[Moravian Church]] established a [https://web.archive.org/web/20051202022407/http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/historygeography/HistoryoftheMoravianChurch/chap27.html 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 Georgian red brick and two of them, the Manse (1822) and the Chapel (1751–1752) are [[grade II listed]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/central-east/derbyshire/524-der-borrowood-golf-club-borrowash-derbyshire|title=Borrowood Golf Club|access-date=28 January 2021|publisher= golfsmissinglinks.co.uk}}</ref><br>


==Area and population growth==
From the early 19th century, [[middle-class]] families from Derby and [[Long Eaton]] took advantage of the fragmented landowning pattern to acquire land and build elegant villas <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Also during this period, work diversified to include four silk glove makers, four shoemakers, and a straw bonnet maker <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|2]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
The '''area''' of the village is {{convert|1730|acres}}.<ref name="Craven 1996" />


The '''population growth''' figures include [[Borrowash]]<ref name="Craven 1996" /> Source: [[commons:Image:Email from ONS Census Customer Services re Ockbrook.png|Email]] from Census Customer Services.<br>
Borrowood Golf Club, Ockbrook, (now defunct) was founded in 1902 and continued until WW2.<ref>[http://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/central-east/derbyshire/524-der-borrowood-golf-club-borrowash-derbyshire “Borrowood Golf Club”], “Golf’s Missing Links”.</ref>

In more recent times, extensive new housing developments have turned Ockbrook into a commuter dormitory for Derby.

==Area and population growth==
The '''area''' of the village is {{convert|1730|acres}}<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.


[[Image:Ockbrook and Borrowash Population Growth.png|440px|Population growth 1801–2001.]]
The '''population growth''' figures include [[Borrowash]] and are taken from <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|6]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
[[Image:Ockbrook and Borrowash Population Growth.png|thumb|Population growth 1801–2001.]]
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|'''1801'''||'''1811'''||'''1821'''||'''1831'''||'''1841'''||'''1851'''||'''1861'''||'''1871'''||'''1881'''||'''1891'''
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" |1801||1811||1821||1831||1841||1851||1861||1871||1881||1891
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|827||934||1203||1634||1765||1763||1506||1633||1938||2166
|827||934||1,203||1,634||1,765||1,763||1,506||1,633||1,938||2,166
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|'''1901'''||'''1911'''||'''1921'''||'''1931'''||'''1941'''||'''1951'''||'''1961'''||'''1971'''||'''1981'''||'''1991'''
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|2567||2807||2969||2971||3373||3775||5278||7107||7436||7092
|2,567||2,807||2,969||2,971||3,373||3,775||5,278||7,107||7,436||7,092
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" |2001||2011
|'''2001'''
|-
|-
|7,331||7,335
|7331
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{{notelist}}


==Schools==
==Schools==
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==Churches==
==Churches==
[[Image:Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church Ockbrook.jpg|thumb|Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church]]
[[Image:Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church Ockbrook.jpg|thumb|Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church]]
* [[All Saints' Church, Ockbrook]] became the [[parish church]] between c1550 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and c1600 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|2]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Prior to this it was a [[wikt:chapelry|chapelry]] of [[Elvaston, Derbyshire|Elvaston]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|2]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. The [[Baptismal font|font]] is [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] or [[Norman architecture|Norman]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, the tower is late twelfth century, the [[wikt:broached spire|broached spire]] is thirteenth century <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and the oak [[wikt:chancel|chancel]] screen dates from c1520 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Recent historical research and archaeological finds suggest that it may originally have been a [[Paganism|Pagan]] religious site <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
* [[All Saints' Church, Ockbrook]] became the [[parish church]] between c1550 and c1600.<ref name="Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes 2002" /> Prior to this it was a [[wikt:chapelry|chapelry]] of [[Elvaston, Derbyshire|Elvaston]].<ref name="Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes 2002" /> The [[Baptismal font|font]] is [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] or [[Norman architecture|Norman]],{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}} the tower is late twelfth century, the [[wikt:broached spire|broached spire]] is thirteenth century<ref name="Craven 1996" /> and the oak [[wikt:chancel|chancel]] screen dates from c1520. Recent historical research and archaeological finds suggest that it may originally have been a [[Paganism|Pagan]] religious site.{{efn|name=fn1}}
* Moravian
* Moravian
{{notelist}}

==Pubs==
* Cross Keys. Still has a [[wikt:knitters window|knitters window]] where [[stockings]] were made for [[Queen Victoria]] and her [[Noble court|court]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|2]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
* Queens Head.
* [http://www.community-net.co.uk/ockbrook/royaloak/ 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 <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Beer was once brewed here, using water from the pub's own well, now capped by a stone slab near the front door <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
* White Swan. Situated opposite All Saints church on Church Street.


==Amenities==
==Amenities==
* [http://www.hilltopservicestation.com/ Hill Top Service Station]
* Eclipse Hairdressers
* The Apple Tree
* Village Hall
* Village Hall
* The Apple Tree
* Cross Keys (pub). Still has a [[wikt:knitters window|knitters window]] where [[stockings]] were made for [[Queen Victoria]] and her [[Noble court|court]].<ref name="Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes 2002" />
* Queens Head (pub)
* White Swan (pub)
* Ockbrook's oldest pub is the Royal Oak. It was held by the Peet family for the three hundred years from ~1610 to 1912, a remarkable record.<ref name="Craven 1996" /> Beer was once brewed here, using water from the pub's own well, now capped by a stone slab near the front door.{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}}
{{notelist}}


==Streets, gitties and footpaths==
==Streets, gitties and footpaths==
This list of '''streets''' is taken from <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|3]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>:
This list of '''streets''' is taken from Street list from [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=442250&Y=336250&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap.co.uk]
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* Anne Potter Close
* Anne Potter Close
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* Collumbell Avenue
* Collumbell Avenue
* Croft Close
* 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 [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] and [[River Trent|Trent]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
* 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 [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] and [[River Trent|Trent]].{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}}
* Flood Street
* Flood Street
* Green Lane – See note below
* Green Lane – See note below
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* Sisters Lane
* Sisters Lane
* The Paddock
* The Paddock
* The Ridings: The name is Danish either for a ''clearing'' or a similar-sounding word meaning ''a third division'' <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ockbrook#References|5]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
* The Ridings: The name is Danish either for a ''clearing'' or a similar-sounding word meaning ''a third division''.{{efn|name=fn1}}
* The Settlement
* The Settlement
* Top Manor Close
* Top Manor Close
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* Windmill Close
* Windmill Close
* Yew Tree Avenue
* Yew Tree Avenue
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{{columns-end}}<br>
{{notelist}}


* Note – Bare Lane, Green Lane and Moor Lane form one continuous road through the village.
* 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 '''[[wikt:gitty|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.

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The quickest route between two points in the village is often via a '''[[wikt:gitty|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.
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[[Image:Gitty between old buildings in Ockbrook.jpg|thumb|Gitty between old buildings.]]
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Numerous '''footpaths''' start at the village boundary (often as the continuation of a street or gitty) and lead over the fields to neighbouring villages, hamlets and farms.
Numerous '''footpaths''' start at the village boundary (often as the continuation of a street or gitty) and lead over the fields to neighbouring villages, [[hamlets|Hamlet_(place)]] and farms.<br>


==Historic maps (in chronological order)==
==Historic maps (in chronological order)==
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[[Image:OS Edition1 1887 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1887 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
|-
|[[Image:OS Edition1 1887 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1887 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
| colspan="2" |
* OS 25" Edition 2 1896–1900, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16.
|-
|-
|} </li>
|
<li style="display: inline-table;">
* OS 6" County Series Edition 2 1901, Derbyshire sheet L SE.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
|
[[Image:OS Edition2 1901 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1901 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
|-
|[[Image:OS Edition2 1901 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1901 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
| colspan="2" |
|-
|} </li>
<li style="display: inline-table;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
|-
|[[Image:OS Revision1 1919 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1919 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
|} </li>
<li style="display: inline-table;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
|-
|[[Image:OS Revision2 1913 and 1938 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1938 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
|} </li>
</ul></div><br>

* 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 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 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 1 1919, Derbyshire sheet L SE.
|
[[Image:OS Revision1 1919 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1919 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
|
* OS 6" County Series Revision 2 1913 & 1938, Derbyshire sheet L SE.
* OS 6" County Series Revision 2 1913 & 1938, Derbyshire sheet L SE.
|
[[Image:OS Revision2 1913 and 1938 6in County Series Derbyshire Sheet 50 SE.png|thumb|Extract from OS 1938 6" map showing Ockbrook.]]
|-
| colspan="2" |
* OS 25" Revision 1 1939–1947, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16.
* OS 25" Revision 1 1939–1947, Derbyshire sheet L sub-sheets 11, 12, 15, 16.
* OS 25" Revision 2 did not include Derbyshire.
* OS 25" Revision 2 did not include Derbyshire.
|}


OS = [[Ordnance Survey]].
OS = [[Ordnance Survey]].

OS sheets use [[Roman numerals]], so L = 50.
OS sheets use [[Roman numerals]], so L = 50.


''This list is incomplete.''
''This list is incomplete.''<br>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Ockbrook and Borrowash]]


==References==
==References==
{{More citations needed|date=October 2008}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
[1] The Illustrated History of Derby's Suburbs, Maxwell Craven, The Breedon Books Publishing Company, {{ISBN|1-85983-031-5}}.<br>
[2] Derbyshire Villages, Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes, Countryside Books, {{ISBN|1-85306-748-2}}.<br>
[3] Street list from [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=442250&Y=336250&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap.co.uk].<br>
[4] Ockbrook Before Domesday, Alan Palfreyman, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, October 1999.<br>
[5] Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.<br>
[6] [[commons:Image:Email from ONS Census Customer Services re Ockbrook.png|Email]] from Census Customer Services.


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons|Ockbrook}}
{{commons}}
* [http://www.ockbrook.com Ockbrook & Borrowash Community Information]
* [http://www.ockbrook.com Ockbrook & Borrowash Community Information]
* [http://www.ockbrookfc.co.uk Ockbrook Football Club]
* [http://www.ockbrookfc.co.uk Ockbrook Football Club]
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* [http://www.community-net.co.uk/borrowash/council/index.htm Ockbrook Parish Council]
* [http://www.community-net.co.uk/borrowash/council/index.htm Ockbrook Parish Council]
* [http://www.ockbrook.derby.sch.uk/ Ockbrook School]
* [http://www.ockbrook.derby.sch.uk/ Ockbrook School]

{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Destinations from Ockbrook'''
|Northwest = [[Morley, Derbyshire|Morley]]
|North = [[Dale Abbey]]
|Northeast = [[Stanton by Dale]]
|West = [[Spondon]]
|Centre = Ockbrook
|East = [[Risley, Derbyshire|Risley]]
|Southwest = [[Alvaston]]
|South = [[Borrowash]]
|Southeast = [[Breaston]]
}}

[[Image:Derbyshire flag.svg|90px|left]]


{{authority control}}
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[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Borough of Erewash]]
[[Category:Borough of Erewash]]

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Ockbrook
Queens Head
Ockbrook is located in Derbyshire
Ockbrook
Ockbrook
Location within Derbyshire
Population7,335 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK424360
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDerby
Postcode districtDE72
Dialling code01332
PoliceDerbyshire
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52°55′12″N 1°22′20″W / 52.92000°N 1.372354°W / 52.92000; -1.372354

Ockbrook is a village in the Erewash district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is almost contiguous with the village of Borrowash, the two only separated by the A52. The civil parish is Ockbrook and Borrowash. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335.[1] Ockbrook lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Derby.

History

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There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as the Mesolithic period (~8000BC) in the form of two bifacial cores of flint. A small greenstone axe head attests to Neolithic activity (4000 - 2500BC, but no archaeological evidence has yet been discovered of Bronze Age activity in the village.[2] From the Iron Age (800BC - AD43) there is a variety of evidence obtained during the excavation of a Romano-British aisled building at Littlehay Grange Farm between 1994 and 1997. This includes sherds of Ancaster Breedon scored ware and Aylesford-Swarling Pottery, 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.[2]

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 Derventio (Roman Derby), with a boom starting during the 2nd century AD followed by abandonment at the end of the 4th century.[2] During the early Dark Ages, Ockbrook was part of the Kingdom of Mercia. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, this was founded in 560 by Creoda, one of whose followers may have had the personal name Occa.[2] It was this Occa (an Anglo Saxon) who established Ockbrook in the 6th century on the banks of a small stream, the Ock.[2]

During the ninth century, the Danes invaded and swept through large swathes of England until fought to a standstill by Alfred the Great. The country was partitioned as a consequence c874 and Ockbrook, being east of Watling Street (the present day A5) would have been in the Danelaw. This period is attested to by two place names, The Ridings and Carrhill, which derive from Danish. Despite frequent skirmishes between Danes and the English hereabouts, the Danelaw survived until 1066 when, according to the Domesday Book, the manor was held by Toki (probably a Dane).[2] The entry reads:

"...In Ockbrook Tochi had four carucates of land (assessed) to the geld, land for four ploughs. There are now ten villeins and two Bordars having three ploughs and four rent paying tenants rendering 14 shillings. There are five acres of meadow, woodland for pannage one league in length and half a league wide. In King Edward’s day worth £4 now 40shillings belonging to the Bishop of Chester...".[2]


By 1086 the manor had been transferred either to the extensive holdings of Geoffrey Alselin or to the Bishop of Chester (according to Domesday), both of whom were Norman. c1130 it was divided between two sons of Sir Ralph Halselin whence half descended to the Bardolfs of Wormegay (who sold it to the Foljambe's c1420) and half to Serlo de Grendon who granted it to Dale Abbey. At the Reformation, these shares were largely broken up amongst the freeholders, notably the Battelles, Harpurs, Keyes (of Hopwell) and Wilmots (of Chaddesden).[3]

In 1750 the Moravian Church established a 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 Georgian red brick and two of them, the Manse (1822) and the chapel (1751–1752) are grade II listed.[a] From the early 19th century, middle-class families from Derby and Long Eaton took advantage of the fragmented landowning pattern to acquire land and build elegant villas.[3] Also during this period, work diversified to include four silk glove makers, four shoemakers, and a straw bonnet maker.[4]
In more recent times, extensive new housing developments have turned Ockbrook into a commuter dormitory for Derby.

  1. ^ Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.

Sport

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Cricket

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History of cricket dates back to the mid nineteenth century, where a match report was recorded between Ockbrook and "Sawley Club" in 1843.[5] Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club 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 Derbyshire County Cricket League;[6] the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire, England, and is a designated ECB Premier League. 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.[7][8]

Football

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Ockbrook Football Club.[9]

Golf

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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.[10]

Area and population growth

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The area of the village is 1,730 acres (700 ha).[3]

The population growth figures include Borrowash[3] Source: Email from Census Customer Services.

Population growth 1801–2001.

1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
827 934 1,203 1,634 1,765 1,763 1,506 1,633 1,938 2,166
1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
2,567 2,807 2,969 2,971 3,373 3,775 5,278 7,107 7,436 7,092
2001 2011
7,331 7,335


Schools

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Churches

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Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church
  1. ^ a b Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.

Amenities

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  • Village Hall
  • The Apple Tree
  • Cross Keys (pub). Still has a knitters window where stockings were made for Queen Victoria and her court.[4]
  • Queens Head (pub)
  • White Swan (pub)
  • Ockbrook's oldest pub is the Royal Oak. It was held by the Peet family for the three hundred years from ~1610 to 1912, a remarkable record.[3] Beer was once brewed here, using water from the pub's own well, now capped by a stone slab near the front door.[a]
  1. ^ Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.

Streets, gitties and footpaths

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This list of streets is taken from Street list from 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 Trent.[a]
  • 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.[a]
  • The Settlement
  • Top Manor Close
  • Victoria Avenue
  • Wesley Lane
  • Windmill Close
  • Yew Tree Avenue


  1. ^ a b Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.
  • 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.

  • Gitty between old buildings.
  • Gitty between new buildings.

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

Historic maps (in chronological order)

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  • Extract from OS 1880 25" map showing Ockbrook.
  • Extract from OS 1887 6" map showing Ockbrook.
  • Extract from OS 1901 6" map showing Ockbrook.
  • Extract from OS 1919 6" map showing Ockbrook.
  • Extract from OS 1938 6" map showing Ockbrook.


  • 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 = Ordnance Survey. OS sheets use Roman numerals, so L = 50.

This list is incomplete.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Palfreyman, Alan (1999). Ockbrook Before Domesday. Derbyshire: Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Craven, Maxwell (1996). The Illustrated History of Derby's Suburbs. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85983-031-5.
  4. ^ a b c d Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes (2002). Derbyshire Villages. Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1853067488.
  5. ^ The History of Cricket in Long Eaton, Sandiacre & Sawley, 1994, Keith Breakwell. ISBN 978-0-9521-4371-0
  6. ^ "Derbyshire Leagues". play-cricket.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. ^ Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook. Derbyshire: DCCL. 2019. pp. 137–145.
  8. ^ "DCCL Competition results". Derbyshire Cricket League. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Ockbrook Football Club in old photographs". picturethepast.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Borrowood Golf Club". golfsmissinglinks.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

Further reading

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  • A French Parson at Ockbrook, Marion Johnson, M. Johnson, 31 October 2001, ISBN 1-873064-09-8.
  • A history of All Saints' Church, Ockbrook: including a brief account of the early origins of the village and parish, J W Harnan, J W Harnan, 1971, ISBN 0-9502209-0-6.
  • Bold Shall I Stand: The Education of Young Women in the Moravian Settlement at Ockbrook Since 1799, James Muckle, Ockbrook School, September 1999, ISBN 0-9536600-0-1.
  • History Of The Moravian Church, J. E. Hutton, R A Kessinger Publishing Co, 17 June 2004 ISBN 1-4191-2425-0. See references to Ockbrook at [1].
  • Lords of the Manor of Ockbrook: Archives 1583 to 1605 (Ockbrook & Borrowash Record S.), Marion Johnson, Greenway Publishing, 11 April 1994, ISBN 1-873064-06-3.
  • More Memories of Ockbrook and Borrowash (pamphlet), Marion Johnson, M. Johnson, 20 October 1991, ISBN 1-873064-04-7.
  • Ockbrook and Its Parson Samuel Hey 1810–52, Marion Johnson, M. Johnson, 1 March 1991, ISBN 1-873064-02-0.
  • Ockbrook in Old Picture Postcards, J. Lec Smith, Europese Bibliotheek B.V., Uitgeverij Boekhandel Antiquariaat, February 1985, ISBN 90-288-2983-0.
  • Ockbrook in the 1820s (pamphlet), Marion Johnson, M. Johnson, 31 July 1991, ISBN 1-873064-03-9.
  • The Plumpton Letters and Papers (Camden Fifth S.), Joan Kirby (Editor), Cambridge University Press, 16 January 1997, ISBN 0-521-57394-7. See references to Ockbrook at [2].
  • Yeomen of Elizabethan Ockbrook: Archives of the Sixteenth Century (Ockbrook & Borrowash Record S.), Marion Johnson, Greenway Publishing, 11 April 1994, ISBN 1-873064-05-5.
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