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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brough like this:
BROUGH AND SHATTON, a township in Hope parish, Derby; on head-streams of the river Derwent; 3½ miles ESE of Castleton. Acres, 987. Real property, £1,282. Pop., 102. Houses, 16. A Roman camp is here, 309 feet by 270; and Roman coins, bricks, and other relics have been found.
Brough is now part of HIGH PEAK District. Click here for graphs and data of how HIGH PEAK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brough itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brough, in High Peak and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5895
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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