BROUGH & SHATTON, Derbyshire
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. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2546 |
| 1891 | R.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 and 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 aside that river.
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Brough and Shatton entry under Hope from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Brough from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson. A Vespsian coin was found here,
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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.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 92 1821 93 1831 78 1881 74 1891 56