Place:Brough, Westmorland, England

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NameBrough
Alt namesBrough-under-Stainmoresource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates54.533°N 2.317°W
Located inWestmorland, England
Also located inCumbria, England    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore. The village is on the A66 trans-Pennine road, and the Swindale Beck, and is about south east of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Brough is situated north east of Kirkby Stephen and north east of Kendal on the A685.

Brough lies within the historic county of Westmorland. At the 2001 census it had a population of 680, increasing to 751 at the 2011 Census.

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