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Brough

BROUGH, a township, in the parish of Catterick, union of Richmond, wapentake of Hang-East, N. riding of York, 1½ mile (W.) from Catterick; containing 88 inhabitants. It comprises about 1050 acres of fertile land, the property of Sir W. Lawson, Bart., lord of the manor, who resides at Brough Hall, a handsome mansion, much improved by Sir John Lawson in the seventeenth century. An elegant Roman Catholic chapel was commenced in 1834, and finished in 1837, at a cost of £12,000, defrayed by Sir W. Lawson; it is a splendid structure in the early English style, with an east window of beautifully stained glass, executed by Willemont.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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