Brough

Brough
Brough
	Brough Castle from the south east
	Brough Location within Cumbria
Population	751 (2011 including Helbeck)
OS grid reference	[NY794145 NY794145]
Civil parish	Brough;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode district	CA17
Dialling code	017683
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border;

Brough is a village and civil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 680 people living in Brough.^[1]

History

The village is on the site of the Roman fort of Verterae ("The Forts"),^[2] on the northern leg of the Roman-era Watling Street, linking Luguvalium (Carlisle) with Eboracum (York) and points south.

Other websites

Media related to Brough, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
↑ Gordon, Seton (1949). Highways and Byways in the Central Highlands. London: Macmillan & Co. p. 152. ISBN 9781406767452. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Full text in SGML format Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[2] Gordon, Seton (1949). Highways and Byways in the Central Highlands. London: Macmillan & Co. p. 152. ISBN 9781406767452. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Full text in SGML format Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

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