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Brough or
Brough under Stainmore is a village and
civil parish in the
Eden district of
Cumbria,
England, on the western fringe of the
Pennines. The village is on the
A66 trans-pennine road, and the Swindale Beck, and is about eight miles (13 km) south-east of
Appleby. Brough is situated five miles (8 km) north-east of
Kirkby Stephen and twenty-eight miles (45 km) north-east of
Kendal on the
A685.
Brough lies within the historic boundaries of the
ancient county of
Westmorland. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 680.
The village is on the site of the
Roman fort of Verterae, or Verteris, on the Roman road linking
Carlisle with
Ermine Street. The area of the rectangular fort, which once occupied the land to the south of the Swindale Beck, is now a
Scheduled Ancient Monument (External Link
).
Brough Castle was originally built in the 11th century within the northern part of the former fort.
Brough has historically been divided into
Market Brough, to the north, and
Church Brough, to the south and centred on the castle and St Michael's Church. In 1977 this division was made physical by the construction of the Brough bypass dual carriageway, taking the A66 away from the village main street.
St Michael's Church also dates back to the
Norman period, and may have suffered during
William I of Scotland's attack on the castle in 1174. The church was enlarged in the 14th century, and again in the early 16th, when most of the existing structure was built. The tower was constructed by Thomas Blenkinsop of Helbeck in 1513. Repairs and improvements continue to this day.
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