Ockbrook

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. Ockbrook lies about 5 mile (8 km) east of Derby.

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

History of cricket dates back to the mid nineteenth century, where a match report was recorded between Ockbrook and "Sawley Club" in 1843. 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; 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.

Ockbrook Football Club.

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.

Cross Keys. Still has a knitters window where stockings were made for Queen Victoria and her court. 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.

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.