# Ockbrook > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ockbrook > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ockbrook.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockbrook > Source revision: 1317298000 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name= Ockbrook | map_type= Derbyshire | civil_parish= [Ockbrook and
Borrowash](/source/Ockbrook_and_Borrowash) | coordinates = {{coord|52.92000|-1.372354|display=inline,title}} | population = 7,335 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district= [Erewash](/source/Borough_of_Erewash) | shire_county = [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire) | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= [Mid Derbyshire](/source/Mid_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town= [Derby](/source/Derby)|postcode_district = DE72 | postcode_area= DE | dial_code= 01332 | os_grid_reference= SK424360 |static_image=Quuens head ockbrook.jpg |static_image_caption=Queens Head }} '''Ockbrook''' is a village in the [Erewash](/source/Borough_of_Erewash) district, in the county of [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), England. It is almost contiguous with the village of [Borrowash](/source/Borrowash), the two only separated by the [A52](/source/A52_road_(Great_Britain)). The [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) is [Ockbrook and Borrowash](/source/Ockbrook_and_Borrowash). The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335.{{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}} Ockbrook lies about {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of [Derby](/source/Derby). ==History== There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as the [Mesolithic](/source/Mesolithic) period (~8000BC) in the form of two bifacial cores of flint. A small [greenstone](/source/greenstone_(archaeology)) axe head attests to [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) activity (4000 - 2500BC, but no archaeological evidence has yet been discovered of [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) activity in the village.{{cite book |title=Ockbrook Before Domesday |date=1999 |first=Alan |last=Palfreyman |publisher=Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society |location= Derbyshire |isbn=}} From the [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) (800BC - AD43) there is a variety of evidence obtained during the excavation of a [Romano-British](/source/Romano-British) aisled building at Littlehay Grange Farm between 1994 and 1997. This includes [sherd](/source/sherd)s of Ancaster Breedon scored ware and [Aylesford-Swarling Pottery](/source/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. 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](/source/Derventio_(Little_Chester)) (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](/source/Dark_Ages_(historiography)), Ockbrook was part of the Kingdom of [Mercia](/source/Mercia). According to the ''[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)'', this was founded in 560 by [Creoda](/source/Creoda_of_Mercia), one of whose followers may have had the personal name '''Occa'''. It was this Occa (an [Anglo Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxons)) who established Ockbrook in the 6th century on the banks of a small stream, the Ock. During the ninth century, the [Danes](/source/Danes_(Germanic_tribe)) invaded and swept through large swathes of England until fought to a standstill by [Alfred the Great](/source/Alfred_the_Great). The country was partitioned as a consequence c874 and Ockbrook, being east of [Watling Street](/source/Watling_Street) (the present day [A5](/source/A5_road_(Great_Britain))) would have been in the [Danelaw](/source/Danelaw). This period is attested to by two place names, The Ridings and Carrhill, which derive from [Danish](/source/Danish_language). Despite frequent skirmishes between Danes and the English hereabouts, the Danelaw survived until 1066 when, according to the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book), the manor was held by Toki (probably a [Dane](/source/Danes_(Germanic_tribe))). The entry reads:
"...In Ockbrook Tochi had four carucates of land (assessed) to the geld, land for four ploughs. There are now ten [villein](/source/villein)s and two Bordars having three ploughs and four rent paying tenants rendering 14 shillings. There are five acres of meadow, woodland for [pannage](/source/pannage) one [league](/source/league_(unit)) in length and half a league wide. In [King Edward](/source/Edward_the_Confessor)’s day worth £4 now 40[shillings](/source/shillings) belonging to the [Bishop of Chester](/source/Bishop_of_Chester)...".

By 1086 the manor had been transferred either to the extensive holdings of Geoffrey Alselin or to the Bishop of Chester (according to [Domesday](/source/Domesday_Book)), both of whom were [Norman](/source/Normans). c1130 it was divided between two sons of Sir Ralph Halselin whence half descended to the [Bardolfs](/source/William_4th_Lord_Bardolf) of [Wormegay](/source/Wormegay) (who sold it to the Foljambe's c1420) and half to Serlo de Grendon who granted it to [Dale Abbey](/source/Dale_Abbey). At the [Reformation](/source/English_Reformation), these shares were largely broken up amongst the [freehold](/source/freehold_(law))ers, notably the Battelles, Harpurs, Keyes (of [Hopwell](/source/Hopwell)) and Wilmots (of [Chaddesden](/source/Chaddesden)).{{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 }}
In 1750 the [Moravian Church](/source/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](/source/Georgian_era) red brick and two of them, the Manse (1822) and the chapel (1751–1752) are [grade II listed](/source/grade_II_listed).{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}} From the early 19th century, [middle-class](/source/middle-class) families from [Derby](/source/Derby) and [Long Eaton](/source/Long_Eaton) 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.{{cite book |author=Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes |title=Derbyshire Villages |date=2002 |publisher=Countryside Books |location= |isbn=978-1853067488 }}
In more recent times, extensive new housing developments have turned Ockbrook into a commuter dormitory for Derby. {{notelist}} ==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. {{ISBN|978-0-9521-4371-0}} [Ockbrook & Borrowash Cricket Club](/source/Ockbrook_%26_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](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_League);{{cite web|url= https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com/home|title=Derbyshire Leagues|access-date=29 January 2021|publisher=play-cricket.com }} the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire, England, and is a designated [ECB](/source/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board) [Premier League](/source/ECB_Premier_Leagues). 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.{{cite book |author= |title=Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook |url= |location=Derbyshire |publisher=DCCL |pages=137–145 |date=2019 |isbn=}}{{cite web |url=https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com/Competitions |title=DCCL Competition results |publisher=Derbyshire Cricket League |access-date=14 February 2021}}
===Football=== Ockbrook Football Club.{{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}}
===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.{{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}}
==Area and population growth== The '''area''' of the village is {{convert|1730|acres}}. The '''population growth''' figures include [Borrowash](/source/Borrowash) Source: [Email](/source/commons%3AImage%3AEmail_from_ONS_Census_Customer_Services_re_Ockbrook.png) from Census Customer Services.
440px|Population growth 1801–2001. {|class=wikitable |- ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" |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 |- ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" |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 |- ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" |2001||2011 |- |7,331||7,335 |}
{{notelist}} ==Schools== * Ockbrook Ridings Playgroup * [http://www.redhill.derbyshire.sch.uk Redhill Primary School] * [Ockbrook School](/source/Ockbrook_School) (Closed 2021) ==Churches== thumb|Lych Gate of All Saints Parish Church * [All Saints' Church, Ockbrook](/source/All_Saints'_Church%2C_Ockbrook) became the [parish church](/source/parish_church) between c1550 and c1600. Prior to this it was a chapelry of [Elvaston](/source/Elvaston%2C_Derbyshire). The [font](/source/Baptismal_font) is [Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon_architecture) or [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture),{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}} the tower is late twelfth century, the broached spire is thirteenth century and the oak chancel screen dates from c1520. Recent historical research and archaeological finds suggest that it may originally have been a [Pagan](/source/Paganism) religious site.{{efn|name=fn1}} * Moravian {{notelist}} ==Amenities== * Village Hall * The Apple Tree * Cross Keys (pub). Still has a knitters window where [stockings](/source/stockings) were made for [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) and her [court](/source/Noble_court). * 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. 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== 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] {{columns-start|num=2}} * 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](/source/Port-ways) i.e. the rivers [Derwent](/source/River_Derwent%2C_Derbyshire) and [Trent](/source/River_Trent).{{efn|name=fn1|Ockbrook Historical Trail, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, Derbyshire County Council.}} * Flood Street * Green Lane – See note below * Hargrave Avenue * Hill Croft Drive {{column}} * 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''.{{efn|name=fn1}} * The Settlement * Top Manor Close * Victoria Avenue * Wesley Lane * Windmill Close * Yew Tree Avenue {{columns-end}}
{{notelist}} * 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.
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|Gitty between old buildings. |- |}
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|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)](/source/hamlets) and farms.
==Historic maps (in chronological order)==
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|right|Extract from OS 1880 25" map showing Ockbrook. |- |}
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|Extract from OS 1887 6" map showing Ockbrook. |- |}
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|Extract from OS 1901 6" map showing Ockbrook. |- |}
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|Extract from OS 1919 6" map showing Ockbrook. |- |}
  • {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- |thumb|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](/source/Ordnance_Survey). OS sheets use [Roman numerals](/source/Roman_numerals), so L = 50. ''This list is incomplete.''
==See also== *[Listed buildings in Ockbrook and Borrowash](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Ockbrook_and_Borrowash) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * 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 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/1419124250?v=search-inside&keywords=Ockbrook]. * 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 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0521573947?v=search-inside&keywords=Ockbrook]. * 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}}. ==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.ockbrookandborrowashparishcouncil.gov.uk Ockbrook & Borrowash Parish Council] {{Geographic Location |title = '''Destinations from Ockbrook''' |Northwest = [Morley](/source/Morley%2C_Derbyshire) |North = [Dale Abbey](/source/Dale_Abbey) |Northeast = [Stanton by Dale](/source/Stanton_by_Dale) |West = [Spondon](/source/Spondon) |Centre = Ockbrook |East = [Risley](/source/Risley%2C_Derbyshire) |Southwest = [Alvaston](/source/Alvaston) |South = [Borrowash](/source/Borrowash) |Southeast = [Breaston](/source/Breaston) }} 90px|left {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Borrowash}} Category:Villages in Derbyshire Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire Category:Borough of Erewash --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ockbrook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockbrook) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockbrook?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.