In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brough like this:
BROUGH, a hamlet in Elloughton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on Ermine-street, and on the Selby and Hull railway, adjacent to the Humber, 10½ miles W by S of Hull. It has a station on the railway, and a head post office;‡ and is sometimes called Brough-Ferry, from a ferry here on the Humber. It occupies the site of the Roman Ad Petuariam.
Brough through time
Brough is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brough, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20692
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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