Holbrook, Derbyshire

Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.

When the latter was seized by King Henry III following the rebellion of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby it appears to have been spared.

It included the capital messuage, called Cocksbench, or Coxbench Hall.

[2] Coxbench, which is a hamlet just to the south, but in Horsley parish, is supposed to have been the "Herdebi" mentioned in the Domesday Survey, as held under Henry de Ferrers; and the adjoining part of the manor of Horsley is supposed to have been the "Herdebi" held under Ralph de Burun.

St Michael's Church, Holbrook is a simple construction in stone built in 1761 by Rev.