Brough, Nottinghamshire

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Brough
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53°07′N0°45′W / 53.12°N 0.75°W / 53.12; -0.75 Coordinates: 53°07′N0°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.

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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]

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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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