HOLBROOK, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2508 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2742 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"HOLBROOK is a township, in the parish of Duffield, about 2 miles S.E. from Belper. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in silk stocking weaving. A pit has lately been sunk in the vicinity, the working of which promises a plentiful supply of coal. The chapel is of simple architecture, with a conical spire; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Wm. Evans, Esq. the lord of the manor. The surrounding country is very picturesque, and fine prospects may be obtained from the adjacent hills. Population, in 1831, 703."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Holbrook from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).