Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.

Brough
Brough Location within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK837583
Civil parish	Collingham
District	Newark and Sherwood
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWARK
Postcode district	NG23
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Newark
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53.12°N 0.75°W / 53.12; -0.75

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]

References

External links

Media related to Brough, Nottinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons

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