Brough.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914).
A placename: A hamlet in Brough and Shatton parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1882).
A placename: A town on the Humber estuary in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9426).
A placename: A hamlet in Collingham parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8358).
A placename: A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273).
A placename: A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564).
A placename: A settlement next to Burravoe, Yell, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU5179).
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.
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