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Brough and Shatton

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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.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

The Chapel-en-le-Frith Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2151
1861R.G. 9 / 2546
1891R.G. 12 / 2780
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Church History

  • The web page author could find no record of an Anglican parish church in this parish. Residents would use St. Peter's Church in Hope for Anglican services.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"BROUGH and STRATTON [Ed: should be SHATTON] is a small hamlet, in Hope parish, 1 mile from that village, and 21 miles E. of Castleton. This is said to have been the birth-place of 'Peveril of the Peak', the supposed founder of the original castles at Castleton and Bolsover, and the hero in Sir Walter Scott's novel of that name. Here is an extensive lace thread manufactory, the only branch of trade of consequence in the hamlet. The population of this place is on the decline..."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Brough is sometimes listed as "Brough on Noe" since it sits alongside that river. David DUNFOLD has a photograph of the River Noe as it passes through Brough on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.

You can see pictures of Brough and Shatton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The Romans had a station here (believed to be Crecoland) near the confluence of the two streams in the parish. Many Roman artifacts have been found in the fields. Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Roman Fort at Brough on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2012.
     
  • Bob JENKINS provides a photograph of The Travellers' Rest Pub on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2009.
     
  • Lewis CLARKE also has a photograph of The Travellers' Rest Pub on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2018.
     
  • You've heard about it in song! Martin SPECK provides a photograph of the house of The Rising Sun in Shatton on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK191815 (Lat/Lon: 53.330141, -1.714215), Brough and Shatton which are provided by:

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Newspapers

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar contributes this snippet from the Derby Mercury of December 29, 1803, MARRIED:"On Thursday last, at the parish church of Hope, in this county, Mr. Benjamin PEARSON, Jun. of Brough, to Miss ROBINSON, of Thornhill Carr; an accomplished young lady, with a handsome fortune."

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township in Hope parish in Derby county and was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council. Instead, they hold periodic Parish Meetings of all the residents to discuss civic and political matters.
     
  • District governance is provided by the High Peak Borough Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

 YearInhabitants
180192
182193
183178
188174
189156