page_title: Ockbrook
section_title: Streets, gitties and footpaths
hierarchical_section_title: Ockbrook / Streets, gitties and footpaths
caption_attribution_description: Gitty between old buildings in Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England.
context_page_description: 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 is Ockbrook and Borrowash. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 7,335. Ockbrook lies about 5 miles east of Derby.
context_section_description: This list of streets is taken from [3]:
  Anne Potter Close
  Bakehouse Lane
  Bare Lane – See note below
  Cedar Drive
  Church Street
  Cole Lane
  Collier Lane
  Collumbell Avenue
  Croft Close
  Far Lane: The ancient hedgerows along its upper reaches indicate that this is a very old track, probably dating from the Mesolithic. It is possible that it once connected with the Port-ways i.e. the rivers Derwent and Trent [5].
  Flood Street
  Green Lane – See note below
  Hargrave Avenue
  Hill Croft Drive
  Homefarm Close
  Moor Lane – See note below
  New Street
  Oak Close
  Orchard Close
  Pares Way
  Ryal Close
  Shop Stones
  Sisters Lane
  The Paddock
  The Ridings: The name is Danish either for a clearing or a similar-sounding word meaning a third division [5].
  The Settlement
  Top Manor Close
  Victoria Avenue
  Wesley Lane
  Windmill Close
  Yew Tree Avenue
  Note – Bare Lane, Green Lane and Moor Lane form one continuous road through the village.
  Numerous footpaths start at the village boundary (often as the continuation of a street or gitty) and lead over the fields to neighbouring villages, hamlets and farms.
caption: Gitty between old buildings.
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