Ockbrook
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| Ockbrook shown within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 7,335 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK424360 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Dialling code | 01332 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Ockbrook is an ancient village in Derbyshire, England. It is almost contiguous with the village of Borrowash, the two only separated by the A52. The appropriate civil parish parish is Ockbrook and Borrowash. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335. Ockbrook lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Derby.
There is evidence of human activity in Ockbrook as far back as 10000 BC (the Mesolithic) in the form of two of flint. A small greenstone axe head attests to Neolithic activity. There is no direct evidence from the Bronze Age [4].
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 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 [4].
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 (Roman Derby), with a boom starting during the 2nd century AD followed by abandonment at the end of the 4th century [4].
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 [4].
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