HOLBROOK, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"HOLBROOK, a chapelry in the parish of Duffield, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 5½ miles N.E. of Derby, 3 S.E. of Belper, and 2 N.E. of the Duffield railway station. The village is situated near the Derby railway. There are extensive stone quarries. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in framework knitting. The parish is bounded on the E. by the river Stour, which at flood-tide is 2 miles in breadth at this place. The surface rises gradually from the bank of the river to an elevation of 100 feet. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £488.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £123. The church was rebuilt in place of the old one in 1841. It is a plain structure, and contains a monument to Judge Clinch. The parochial charities produce about £10 per annum. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The principal residences are Holbrook Hall and Coxbench Hall."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]