Offcoat, with Underwood
OFFCOAT, with Underwood, a liberty, in the parish of Ashbourn, hundred of Wirksworth, S. division of the county of Derby; containing 344 inhabitants. This liberty adjoins the town of Ashbourn on the north, and extends to Kniveton; it comprises 1845 acres of various, but fertile, land, occupied as dairy-farms. Within the liberty are the pleasant and well-built village of Ashbourn Green and the village of Sandy-Brook. Sandy-Brook Hall is a beautiful modern mansion, with a fine lawn and delightful pleasure-grounds, the seat of Sir Matthew Blakiston, Bart. The Green is a handsome residence near Ashbourn Green, well wooded, and on a gentle acclivity, with fine views.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.