Brough
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Products
- Brough MotorcyclesBrough MotorcyclesBrough Motorcycles were made by William E. Brough in Nottingham, England, from 1908 to 1926.Brough motorcycles were flat-tanked motorcycles that used a variety of engines...
, made in England from 1908 to 1926 - Brough SuperiorBrough SuperiorBrough Superior motorcycles, sidecars, and motor cars were made by George Brough in his Brough Superior works on Haydn Road in Nottingham, England, from 1919 to 1940. They were dubbed the "Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles" by H. D. Teague of The Motor Cycle newspaper. Approximately 3,048 of 19 models...
, a brand of English motorcycles and automobiles were made from 1919 to 1940
People
- Arthur BroughArthur BroughArthur Brough was a British actor, best known for portraying the character of senior menswear salesman Mr...
(1905–1978), English actor - Charles Hillman BroughCharles Hillman BroughCharles Hillman Brough was the 25th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921.Charles Brough was born in Clinton, Mississippi. In 1894, he graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton. He earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1898, and graduated from the law school at the...
(1876–1935), American politician - Jim BroughJim BroughJames "Gentleman Jim" Wasdale Brough was an English dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level played rugby union for England, and Cumberland, and at club level for , playing at Fullback,...
, British rugby footballer - John BroughJohn BroughJohn Brough was a War Democrat politician from Ohio. He served as the 26th Governor of Ohio during the final years of the American Civil War, dying in office of gangrene shortly after the war concluded....
(1811–1865), American politician - John BroughJohn Brough (footballer)John Robert Brough is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Shrewsbury Town, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town...
(b. 1973), an English footballer - Mal BroughMal BroughMalcolm Thomas "Mal" Brough is a former Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to November 2007, representing the Division of Longman, Queensland...
(b. 1961), Australian politician - Michael BroughMichael BroughMichael Brough is a footballer who plays for Darlington. Although born in England, he has represented Wales at under-21 level.-Career:...
(b. 1981), English footballer - Mick BroughMick BroughMick Brough was a New Zealand rower who competed at the 1930 British Empire Games.In 1930 he was a member of the New Zealand Coxed Four team that won the gold medal in the British Empire Games in Hamilton. He was also part of the Men's Eight that earned a silver medal at the same Games.-References:...
, New Zealand rower - Peter BroughPeter BroughPeter Brough was an English radio ventriloquist who became a well-known name to audiences in the 1950s. He is associated with the puppet Archie Andrews.-Radio days:...
(1916–1999), English radio ventriloquist - Robert Barnabas BroughRobert Barnabas BroughRobert Barnabas Brough was an English writer. He wrote poetry, novels and plays and was a contributor to many periodicals.-Life and work:...
(1828–1860), English writer - Robert BroughRobert BroughRobert Brough was a Scottish painter born in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty.He was educated in Aberdeen, and, whilst apprenticed for over six years as lithographer to Messrs Gibb & Co., attended the night classes at Gray's School of Art...
(1872–1905), Scottish painter - Brough ScottBrough ScottJohn Brough Scott is a British horse racing journalist, radio and television presenter, and former jockey. He is also the grandson and biographer of the noted Great War soldier "Galloper Jack" Seely....
(b. 1942), British horse racing journalist - Brough Ricardo (b. 1986),Ricardo da Silva Brough adv-est
Places
In EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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- Brough under Stainmore, a village in CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
- Brough CastleBrough CastleBrough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria , England. It is currently administered by English Heritage. The Castle consists of a large mound, on which there is an extensive range of buildings, with a circular corner tower, and the remnants of an older four storey...
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- Brough Castle
- Brough-on-Noe, a hamlet in DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
- Brough, East Riding of YorkshireBrough, East Riding of YorkshireBrough , or Brough-on-Humber, is a small town in the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town has a population of around 7,000.-Location:...
, a town - Brough, NottinghamshireBrough, NottinghamshireBrough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles to the north of Newark on Trent, on the A46 Fosse Way. It was the site of the Roman town of Crococalana, which grew around a military fort of the 1st century. The town spread along the Fosse way for about a mile, and had ditched...
, a village on the Fosse Way
In Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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- The Brough of BirsayBrough of Birsay- Lighthouse :An unmanned lighthouse on the Brough was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson.-References:...
tidal island and lighthouse, Orkney IslandsOrkney IslandsOrkney also known as the Orkney Islands , is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated north of the coast of Caithness... - Brough, Shetland
- Brough, CaithnessBrough, CaithnessBrough is a small village in Caithness in the North of Scotland. It is located on the B855 single-track road, the most northerly numbered road on the mainland of Great Britain, and is a few miles to the south east of Dunnet Head, the most northerly point on the British mainland, and a mile or so...
, near Dunnet HeadDunnet HeadDunnet Head is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, that includes the most northerly point of the mainland of Great Britain. The point, known as Easter Head, is at , about westnorthwest of John o' Groats and about from Duncansby Head...