BROCAVUM
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Location
Brougham

Country
United Kingdom

Year of Research
1832

Culture
  • Brougham is a small village.It is a civil parish on the outskirts of Penrith in the Eden district of Cumbria, England.

  • the census made in 2001 shows that the population of 279.

  • The parish are the ruins of the medieval Brougham Castle once home to the Lady Anne Clifford and the mainly 19th century Brougham Hall.It is the center of the Lords Brougham and Vaux.

  • IN Near the castle is the Countess Pillar.

  • The parish has two (Anglican) churches, The historic Ninekirks, dedicated to St Ninian.It is situated by the banks of the River Eamont and was extensively rebuilt by Lady Anne Clifford but was a Norman foundation, probably on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon church.

  • There is reputed to have been an even more ancient monastery nearby, founded by St Ninian .