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BURROWASH, a hamlet in Ockbrook parish, Derbyshire; on the Midland railway, and on the Roman road from Little Chester, near the river Derwent, 5½ miles ESE of Derby. It has a station on the railway, and carries on a manufacture of hosiery.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ockbrook Parish Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Borrowash |
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