Hollow Brook

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Hollow Brook
Footpath above Hollow Brook near Eyam - geograph.org.uk - 1607048.jpg
Footpath above the Hollow Brook
Location
Country England
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Abney
Mouth  
  location
Dale Brook

Jumber Brook is a stream in Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District. [1] The stream originates to the north of the villiage between Abney and Leam. [2] The brook flows south through the middle of the village before meeting the Dale Brook in Middleton Dale near Stoney Middleton. [3]

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Hollowbrook Cottage

Hollowbrook Cottage is named for the brook. [4] Mr. James Wills is recorded as teaching science and art at Hollowbrook Cottage and Academy in the 1850s. [5] [6]

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References

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  2. Burkinshaw, Elaine (16 May 2024). Walking in Derbyshire: 60 circular walks across the county. Cicerone Press Limited. ISBN   978-1-84965-545-3.
  3. Furness, Richard (1836). Medicus-Magus, a Poem ... With a Glossary. Whitaker & Company.
  4. "Monument record MDR19077 - Site of Outfarm northeast of Hollowbrook Cottage, Eyam". 24 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Eyam.), William WOOD (of (1859). The History and Antiquities of Eyam ... Third Edition, with Illustrations from Photographs by J. A. Warwick. Bell & Daldy.
  6. Co, White, Francis, & (1857). History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, with the Town of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Comprising a General Survey of the County: With Separate Historical, Statistical, Topographical, Commercial, Agricultural and Mineral Descriptions of All the Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, Townships, Villages, Hamlets, Manors, and Extra-parochial Liberties ... and a Variety of Other Commercial and Statistical Information, to which is Added Directory of the Borough of Sheffield, Yorkshire. Francis White & Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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