Brough

Brough
Brough Castle from the south east
Brough is located in Cumbria
Brough
Brough
Location within Cumbria
Population751 (2011 including Helbeck)
OS grid reference[NY794145 NY794145]
Civil parish
  • Brough
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code017683
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth 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

References

  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