Little Eaton to Holbrook
Looking back through old photographs and remembering places I lived I have decided to share some of my memories.
For a couple of years I lived in the village of Little Eaton - Derbyshire and undertook many enjoyable walks. One of my favourite walks was from Little Eaton to Holbrook going via the fields and woods.
The walk is approximately a round trip of 4 miles, along easily marked pathways.
Little Eaton means the little town of water - a name given in Anglo Saxon times. It is situated on the former route of the old A61 just north of the Derby section of the A38.
We came to live in Little Eaton purely by chance. We needed a base to travel to work that was within easy reach of Nottinhgam and Litchfield. We put a pin in a map and there was Little Eaton.
Many of the buildings are built of stone which came from the local quarries in the 1800's.
Peckwash paper mill at the north end of the village was recorded in 1851 as one of the largest and in the world. The chimney can still be seen but it is now a private house.
In the early 20th century, Little Eaton was a popular resort for working people with a train trip or canal ride to local woods, quarries and tearooms being a popular Sunday and bank holiday outing.
The village today is a mixture of old and new houses but still retains that village feeling. There is a resident blacksmith which is situated in the 18th century village smithy and they still is traditional techniques of forge work including riveting, banding and forge welding. In late 2011 the telephone box was bought for £1.00 by the Little Eaton parish council and converted into a book exchange.
Holbrook is a small village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around 5 miles from Derby.
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