Brough, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: B604002
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Photo ref: B604002
Photo of Brough, The Village c.1955

More about this scene

Originally there were three Broughs, and this view shows what is properly known as Market Brough. Church Brough is clustered around the parish church of St Michael, and there is also an area of the town known as Brough Sowerby. The Market Cross shown here marks the site of the market which grew up around the 14th-century bridge which crosses Swindale Beck.

A Selection of Memories from Brough

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Brough

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I was born in the Bridge Inn, Main Street, Brough, Westmorland, on December 6, 1927. My mother recalls the weather to have been very stormy with heavy falls of snow. My father, William Norman Stell, was the manager of the inn & the licencee was his mother, Elizabeth Ann Stell. My mother was Sarah Martha Stell & had two other sons, John Walter Stell & William Norman Stell ,aged 6 & 4, who ...see more