Brough Explained

Brough may mean or refer to an area, enclosure, round tower or outer wall of a feudal castle.

Places

England

• Brough, Cumbria, a village in Cumbria
  • Brough Castle
• Brough-on-Noe, a hamlet in Derbyshire
• Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, a town
  • Brough Aerodrome, an aerodrome and former motor racing circuit nearby
• Brough with St Giles, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire
  • Brough Hall
• Brough, Nottinghamshire, a village on the Fosse Way
• Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire

Scotland

• Brough, Caithness, near Dunnet Head
• Brough, Shetland
• Brough, Yell, Shetland
• Brough of Birsay, a tidal island and lighthouse, Orkney Islands

Other uses

• Brough (surname)
• Brough Motorcycles, made in England from 1908 to 1926
• Brough Superior, a brand of English motorcycles and automobiles were made from 1919 to 1940

See also

• Broch (disambiguation)