Brough with St Giles is a village and a
civil parish
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in the
Richmondshire
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district of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, England. The civil parish also includes the settlements of
Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge is both a bridge across the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England, about 1 mile north of Catterick, and a hamlet at the south end of the bridge.
The bridge
The bridge carries the A6136 road (once the Great North Road). ...
and
Walkerville, and
Catterick Racecourse
Catterick Racecourse, sometimes known as Catterick Bridge Racecourse, is a thoroughbred horse racing venue one mile north west of Catterick in North Yorkshire, England, near the hamlet of Catterick Bridge. The first racing at Catterick was hel ...
and the site of the Roman town of
Cataractonium
Cataractonium was a fort and settlement in Roman Britain. The settlement evolved into Catterick, located in North Yorkshire, England.
Name
Cataractonium likely took its name form the Latin word (ultimately derived from Greek , ), meaning eit ...
. According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 338, increasing to 801 at the
2011 census.
Brough was known as Burgh until the 17th century.
It was historically a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the
ancient parish of
Catterick in the
North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1974 it was transferred to the new 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
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The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
excavated in 1988-1990.
Brough Hall is a Grade I
listed
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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
Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870) was an English architect and surveyor, with Italian origins by his father, strongly associated with Durham in north-east England.
Life
He was the son of an architect and draughtsman, Joseph Bonomi (1739–1 ...
for the recusant William Lawson and is a Grade II* listed building.
References
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Civil parishes in North Yorkshire