Brough, Nottinghamshire

Brough
Brough is located in Nottinghamshire
Brough
Brough
Location within Nottinghamshire
OS grid referenceSK837583
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°07′N 0°45′W / 53.12°N 0.75°W / 53.12; -0.75

Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.

Location

It is located in the Newark and Sherwood District, 5 miles (8 km) to the north of Newark-on-Trent, on the A46 Fosse Way. Its population is included in the adjacent civil parish of Collingham.

History

Brough stands on the site of the Roman town of Crococalana, which grew around a military fort in the 1st century AD. The town spread along the Roman Fosse Way for about a mile, and had ditched defences.[1]

Brough Methodist Chapel is now permanently closed.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, pp. 83–84, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin.
  2. ^ Google Maps. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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