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Broughs of Derbyshire, England

     The lineages of the Broughs of Derbyshire, England, extends back to the late Renaissance (during the 1600's) and their descendants can be found in the British Isles, the United States, and Australia and New Zealand. The ancestries of three of these Brough families are briefly listed below:

Ancestry of the Broughs of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, England
James Brough, b.abt.1617, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, b.abt.1654, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1692, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1725, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1748, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, chr.1772, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1795, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England
George Brough, chr.1825, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
William Brough, b.1849, Tupton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Walter Fletcher Brough, b.1892, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Derek Fletcher Brough, b.1920, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England; d.2002

Ancestry of the Broughs of Derbyshire, England, and the United States
James Brough, b.abt.1617, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, b.abt.1654, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1692, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1725, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, chr.1748, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, chr.1772, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Brough, b.1799, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Hannah Bocock, b,1831, Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England
Issac Brough Law, b.1862, Springville, Utah Co., Utah, United States
Charles Issac Law, b.1886, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States; d.1967

Ancestry of the Broughs of Derbyshire, England, and Australia and New Zealand
James Brough, b.abt.1617, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, b.abt.1654, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
Anthony Brough, chr.1694, North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
James Brough, chr.1738, Skegby by Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Ann Brough, chr.1786, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
William Brough, chr.1804, Pinxton, Derbyshire, England
William Brough, b.1834, Riddings, Derbyshire, England
William Edward Brough, b.1887, Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia
Alfred William Edward Brough, b.1920, Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand; d.1971

A number of other descendant families of the Broughs of Derbyshire have been documented by the BFO, and their genealogies are listed here: Genealogies of the Broughs of Derbyshire

The Village of Brough, Derbyshire
     Derbyshire also contains the village of Brough, located just east of the town of Castleton. In 1868, The National Gazatteer stated the following about Brough: "Brough [is] a township joined with Shatton, in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 3 miles to the east of Castleton. It is watered by two brooks, called the Bradwell and the Noe, which here unite. Near their junction is Brough Castle, the site of a Roman station, where coins, busts, and other Roman antiquities have been found. A castle is said to have stood here belonging to the Peverils." According to census records, in 1871 Brough village had 93 people, and in 1991 it had 144 people.
     In March 2010, BFO members, Philip and Bebe Brough of Staffordshire, traveled to Brough and took the following photographs of the village: