Place:Brough with St. Giles, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameBrough with St. Giles
Alt namesBurghsource: name until the 17th century
Catterick Bridgesource: hamlet in parish
Walkervillesource: hamlet in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.382°N 1.669°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoCatterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Richmond Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Brough with St. Giles is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. The civil parish also includes the settlements of Catterick Bridge and Walkerville, along with Catterick Racecourse and the site of the Roman town of Cataractonium. According to the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 338, increasing to 801 at the 2011 UK census.

Brough was known as Burgh until the 17th century. It was historically a township in the ancient parish of Catterick in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. Between 1894 and 1974, Brough with St Giles was part of Richmond Rural District in North Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1974 it was transferred to the new administrative county of North Yorkshire.

St. Giles is now a single farm in the north of the parish. Near the modern farm is the site of the medieval hospital of St. Giles, a Scheduled Ancient Monument excavated in 1988-1990.

Brough Hall is a Grade I listed country house which has now been converted to apartments. It was originally built in the 15th century but has been altered and extended several times since then. Originally owned by the de Burgh family, from c.1575 it belonged to the Lawsons.

The former Roman Catholic church of St Paulinus in the grounds of Brough Hall was designed in 1837 by Ignatius Bonomi for the recusant William Lawson and is a Grade II* listed building.

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