BORROWASH, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Spondon sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2726 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Spondon sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
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Description and Travel.
"BURROWASH is a hamlet, partly in the parish of Spondon, and partly in that of Ockbrook, situate on both sides of the road between Derby and Nottingham, about four miles and a half from the former, and eleven and a half from the latter town. Upwards of four hundred and fifty of the inhabitants are employed in the extensive lace-thread mills of Messrs. Towle, and many others in the manufacture of twist thread lace, which is also carried on here. From its thoroughfare situation, and the prosperity of its manufactures, this little place is fast emerging into consequence. The population is estimated at about 600 persons.
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Borrowash from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.