Brough and Shatton, Derbyshire

Historical Description

Brough and Shatton, a township in Hope parish, Derbyshire, on head-streams of the river Derwent, 3½ miles ESE of Castleton. The railway station is Miller's Dale on the M.R. Acreage, 1040; population, 56. The remains of a Roman camp were found here, and Roman coins, bricks, and othor relics have been discovered.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in conjunction with the Derbyshire Record Office, have the Church of England Baptisms (1538-1916), Marriages and Banns (1538-1932), and Burials (1538-1991) online.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brough and Shatton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brough, with Shatton)

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online:

• Derby Daily Telegraph
• Derby Mercury
• Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald
• Derbyshire Courier