Brough, Nottinghamshire

Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles to the north of Newark-on-Trent, on the A46 Fosse Way. Population details are included in the civil parish of Collingham.

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
UK Parliament

History

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

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References
  1. Nikolaus Pevsner, 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, pp. 83–84, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin.

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