Brough ( , locally ) is a town in the

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, England. It is part of the civil parish of

Elloughton-cum-Brough Elloughton-cum-Brough is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Hull city centre and covering an area of . It comprises the town of Brough and the village of Elloughton. In 2011 the parish c ...

with the neighbouring village of

Elloughton Elloughton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Hull to the south of the A63 road. It lies on the southern end of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is conjoined with Brough that lies to the s ...

. Brough is situated on the northern bank of the Humber Estuary, approximately west of

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city centre. Brough has a long association with

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History

The town was known as

Petuaria Petuaria (or Petuaria Parisorum) was originally a Roman fort situated where the town of Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire now stands. Petuaria means something like 'quarter' or 'fourth part', incorporating the archaic Brythonic *''petuar ...

during the

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period, and served as the capital of the

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ic tribe of the Parisi. Petuaria marked the southern end of the Roman road known now as

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which ran roughly northwards for a hundred miles to Pons Aelius (modern day

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). The town's name is simply from the Old English ''burh'' meaning "fortification" and is thus related to the terms borough and burgh. Brough was created a town by the

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in 1239, granted the same liberties as

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. There is no record of these liberties having been employed, and the settlement operated as a village for further centuries. The town is significant for its association with the highwayman

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ea ...

. About June 1737 Turpin boarded at the Ferry Inn at Brough, under the alias of John Palmer (or Parmen). Turpin travelled between and resided in Brough, until his capture and execution for horse theft in 1739.

Demographics

Over the past couple of years, there has been a shift in the socio-economic group of people living in Brough because of improved rail links and new housing developments, most recently the Brough South development. This change has brought more money into the area. As a result, the average wage rate and amount of spending has increased significantly.

Amenities

Brough has a range of shops and takeaways, and two supermarkets: Morrisons,

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, Sainsbury's Local, with a Lidl planned to be built. There are two dentists, two vets, hairdressers, a medical centre, a private hearing aid audiologist, a post office. Brough also has a couple of public houses.

Education

Primary education at Brough is provided by Brough Primary School and newly moved, Hunsley Primary, previously near the secondary school in Melton. The nearest secondary school is South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College is approximately to the east of the town in Melton.

Transport

The town is served by

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on the Hull to

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and Doncaster railway line. Direct rail services to London are provided by

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and London North Eastern Railway. Other services are TransPennine Express trains running west to Leeds,

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, Liverpool, and

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to York, Doncaster and Sheffield. All east-bound trains run to Hull: some then run north to Cottingham,

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, Filey and Scarborough. Most local bus services are provided by

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. The services run to Hull as well as other towns and villages in the East Riding such as Goole,

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and

. There are daily

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services to Leeds. National Express also stop at Brough. The town lies south of the main A63 from

to the M62. It is about to the A63 junction east, to the junction west (and then a further to the M62 motorway). Humberside Airport is to the south-east (reached by driving across the Humber Bridge), and overnight ferry services by

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sail to Rotterdam and

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from

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(about away).

BAE Systems

(formerly British Aerospace), Brough, manufactured the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft at

Brough Aerodrome Brough Aerodrome was a private use aerodrome located at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is now disused with the last known flight out of the airfield occurring in 2011. The airfield closed in 2013. It is planned that the sit ...

. BAE provided

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to local school leavers. The runway at the site was re-opened for a while for occasional use solely by Hawk aircraft taking off after manufacture to transfer by air to Warton near

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in Lancashire for final flight testing and painting though the former Air Traffic Control building has now been transformed into the Brough Business Centre. On 3 April 2008 BAE Systems announced it would be losing 450 jobs from the Brough site. On 1 March 2012 BAE Systems announced it would be ending manufacturing at its site in Brough with 845 employees to be made redundant. Manufacturing at the plant ceased on Christmas Eve 2020. There are now proposals to build over much of the airfield - including the runway. As of 2020, construction on the runway has started with phase two of the Brough South development (Brough Relief Road).

Notable people

Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson FRS HFRSE FRSA DCL (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father. R ...

(1906–1942), first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer

References

External links

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Excavations on a Roman Extra-Mural Site at Brough-on-Humber, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
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