Ockbrook and Borrowash | |
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Quuens Head, Ockbrook | |
Location within Derbyshire | |
Population | 7,335 (2011 census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Ockbrook and Borrowash (grid reference SK425351 ) 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[ opinion ]: Ockbrook, which lies just north of the A52 and Borrowash which lies to the south.
The 2001 Census records Ockbrook and Borrowash having a population of 7,331 people, with 1,443 being aged 0–15, 4,504 being 16-64 and 1,384 being 65 or older. These people make up 3006 households. 2,456 of the homes are owner occupied (81.7%), higher than the Derbyshire average of 74.4%. The unemployment rate is 2.5%, less than the Derbyshire average of 3.2%. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census had increased marginally to 7,335. [1]
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Ockbrook and Borrowash is a civil parish in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 36 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Ockbrook and Borrowash and the surrounding area. From the middle of the 18th century a Moravian settlement was established in Ockbrook, and a number of buildings associated with it are listed, including the chapel, the manse, a school and houses in The Settlement. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, farmhouses and associated structures, and the rest include a church and associated structures, a canal bridge, and two war memorials.