Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Brougham
	parish	Brougham parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY5327
	10Km square:-	NY52
	1Km square	NY5327
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 171:-
		...
		The parish of Brougham, Burg-ham (meaning Castle-town) was the Brovacum of the Romans, ... The Village of Brougham passed into the hands of the Veteriponts in the reign of John or Henry III. ...
	person:-	: Veteripont Family
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 -- perhaps relevant
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 149:-
		... at the confluence of the Loder and Eymot in the year 1602 was found a stone with this inscription in honour of Constantine the Great:
	person:-	: Constantine the Great
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 160:-
		...
		"... a village called Burgham, and there is a great pilgrimage to our lady. ..."
	placename:-	Burgham
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Brougham als Broom
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Brougham
	other name:-	Broom
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		Broughton
		circle, building and tower, flag; town?
	placename:-	Broughton
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1679
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	source:-	Lloyd 1573
		Map, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
		Burgh~m
	placename:-	Burgham
	date:-	1573
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Gough 1350s-60s
		Reproduction of the Gough Map of Great Britain, reduced size, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875; and a full size line reproduction, with added transcriptions of placenames, 1935.
	placename:-	Burgham
	county:-	Cumbria
	old map:-	Cooper 1808
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by G and W B Whittaker, 13 Ave Maria Lane, London, 1824.
		Brougham
		circle; village or hamlet
	placename:-	Brougham
	locality:-	East Ward
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		Brougham
		circle, italic lowercase text; settlement
	placename:-	Brougham
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	hearsay	We have heard the name pronounced Bruffam, Broom and Brewam (excuse my lack of phonetic alphabet). All these by local people.
		Brougham Castle Bridge, Brougham
		Brougham Castle, Brougham
		Brougham Hall, Brougham
		Castle Farm, Brougham
		roman road 7e, Cumbria
		St Wilfred, Brougham
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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