Brough, Nottinghamshire

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Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Brough
Brough is located in Nottinghamshire
Brough
Brough
Location within Nottinghamshire
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Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
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53.12°N 0.75°W / 53.12; -0.75
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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]

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