Brough, Nottinghamshire
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| Brough | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| File:Brough Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 122781.jpg Brough Methodist Chapel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK837583 |
| Location: | 53°7’12"N, -0°45’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newark |
| Postcode: | NG23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
Brough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, five miles to the north of Newark on Trent, on the A46 Fosse Way.
This 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]
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References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 83–84
