Description: Brough, a township joined with Shatton, in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 3 miles to the E. of Castleton. It is watered by two brooks, called the Bradwell and the Noe, which here unite. Near their junction is Brough Castle, the site of a Roman station, where coins, busts, and other Roman antiquities have been found. A castle is said to have stood here belonging to the Peverils. (information from National Gazetteer, 1868)