Brough, Nottinghamshire

Brough
Brough
Brough shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference SK837583
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWARK
Postcode district NG23
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles to the north of Newark on Trent, on the A46 Fosse Way. Population details are included in the civil parish of Collingham. It was the site of the Roman town of Crococalana, which grew around a military fort of the 1st century. The town spread along the Fosse way for about a mile, and had ditched defences.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 83–84. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

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