Oxcroft
Appearance
Oxcroft | |
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Oxcroft Lane. | |
Location within Derbyshire | |
OS grid reference | SK481735 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
Postcode district | S44, S80 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
Oxcroft is a small hamlet in Bolsover (district), Derbyshire in England, located to the north of Bolsover, about 1–2 miles along the Clowne-New Houghton Road. It consists of a few farms and cottages.
Etymology: Probably simply meaning an Ox cottage/farm. Ox = Ox, Croft = Farm/Cottage.