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BROUGH, a hamlet in Elloughton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on Ermine-street, and on the Selby and Hull railway, adjacent to the Humber, 10½ miles W by S of Hull. It has a station on the railway, and a head post office;‡ and is sometimes called Brough-Ferry, from a ferry here on the Humber. It occupies the site of the Roman Ad Petuariam.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Brough |
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