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BROUGH, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"BROUGH, a township joined with Shatton, in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 3 miles to the E. of Castleton. It is watered by two brooks, called the Bradwell and the Noe, which here unite. Near their junction is Brough Castle, the site of a Roman station, where coins, busts, and other Roman antiquities have been found. A castle is said to have stood here belonging to the Peverils."

"SHATTON, a hamlet in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 3 miles E. of Castleton, and 6 N.E. of Tideswell. It is situated on the river Roe."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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