Leabrooks
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| Leabrooks | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 The Three Horseshoes, Leabrooks | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK420533 |
| Location: | 53°4’33"N, 1°22’26"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Alfreton |
| Postcode: | DE55 |
| Dialling code: | 01773 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Amber Valley |
Leabrooks is a small urban locality in Derbyshire that merges with the village of Somercotes and the locality of Greenhill Lane. It is named after a stream, the Lee Brook, which formerly ran through it after rising on an area known as The Lees (off Sleetmoor Lane, originally known as Lee Moor Lane).[1] It has a number of shops and businesses, a pub, a park and a cemetery.
Sofa Brands International, best known for the Parker Knoll range, is a principal employer in the area having acquired the Leabrooks Upholstery company.[2]
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References
- ↑ Johnson, Reginald, 1968. 'A History of Alfreton'
- ↑ "Parker Knoll Upholstery Ltd". http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/contact/. Retrieved 29 May 2014.