Photographs of Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England

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• Photos of Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England.
Ockbrook is an attractive, quiet village, situated 4 miles east of Derby. The old part of Ockbrook was established by Occa an Anglo Saxon, around the 6th century, and a new part, called the Moravian Settlement was founded in 1750. It is one of only three in the country. The Moravians are a Christian sect originating from Germany and had been a great influence in the work of John Wesley. They obeyed a strict religious code. Men and women had to enter the chapel by separate doors according to the strict segregation rule of the order. The settlement consists of a row of delightful red brick Georgian buildings, in the centre of which is a pedimented chapel, and an adjacent school. The school was built in 1799 and is now a boarding school for girls. When the Moravians first arrived they were regarded with suspicion and some hostility occurred. All is peaceful now and the settlement beautifully compliments the rest of the village. There are also some fine views towards the south of Derbyshire from the settlement.


Ockbrook village was once a textile centre and some cottages still show long lines of framework knitters windows, in their upper storeys.

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Photo Description : Church farm
Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
Other Information : Church farm dates from the 17th century and is an impressive timber-framed building, It is in a bad state of repair but is currently being restored.
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Photo Description : All Saints church
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Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
Other Information : All saints church became the parish church in the mid 1500's,
It used to be a chapelry of Elvaston. It has a Saxon/Norman font and an Oak chancel screen dating from 1520. The hatchment has references to the Pares family of Hopewell hall and patrons of the Ockbrook and Borrowash anglican churches.
Hatchments were paintings of coats of arms, or eschutcheons, made for the funerals. This was for the funeral of Thomas Pares who died in 1805. Paraded at the funeral they were then hung aver the door of the house for some time before being fixed in the church. Pares of Hopwell Hall have memorials here because that family were patrons of the church, i.e. they appointed the vicar. One of the family is still patron but patrons now have less of a say in appointments.

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Photo Description : The White Swan pub
Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
Other Information : This pub on church street is called The White Swan and is across the road from All Saints Church. It has a playground for children at the back, It also used to have a miniature railway running around it but this has since been removed.

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Photo Description : The Queens Head pub
Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
Other Information : This Queens Head pub used to be called Horse and Jockey, but was changed to Queens Head in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
It is located on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Bakehouse Lane.

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Photo Description : The Royal Oak pub
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Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
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has got to be one of the most impressive floral displays at a pub I have ever seen. The Royal Oak dates from the early 1700's and is the oldest pub in Ockbrook village. Beer was once brewed here, using water from the pub's own well. You can see a stone slab, near the front door, which caps the well. The pub is set well back from the roadside on Green Lane. During World war two, the larger function room was used as an assembly point for German POW's working nearby farms, these days it is a much used meeting place for local societies.

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Photo Description : The Cross Keys pub
Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
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s is yet another pub in Ockbrook, this one is higher up the hill on Green lane. It is near to the Moravian settlement.
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Photo Description : Moravian church
Date photo taken : 5th September 2002
Other Information : At the back of the church is the Moravian burial ground which was consecrated on April 6th 1752 by Bishop Böhler.

To the left of this church stands Ockbrook school.




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