Artist David Work visits Brough as part of his Journal-commissioned tour of the East Riding. But how much do you know about this historic village . . .

The Buccaneer pub was named after the famous fighter/bomber produced at the nearby aircraft factory

Of all the East Riding locations visited by David Work so far on his painting tour of the county, Brough can trace its history back further than most.

For the community, part of the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough, was known as Petuaria during the Roman period and served as the capital of the Celtic tribe of the Parisi.

According to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Petuaria was originally a Roman fort, founded in 70 AD and abandoned in about 125.

“Petuaria marked the southern end of the Roman road known now as Cade’s Road, which ran roughly northwards for a hundred miles to Pons Aelius (modern-day Newcastle-upon-Tyne). The section from Petuaria to Eboracum (York) was also the final section of Ermine Street,” Wikipedia states.

It continues: “Archaeological excavations of the site of Petuaria were carried out in the 1930s and between 1958 and 1962, with occasional examinations of isolated areas since. The dedication stone of the Roman theatre was among the most significant finds and is unusual as the only recorded epigraphic mention of a magistrate in Roman Britain. Recording the gift of a proscenium stage to the civic settlement at Petuaria by a man called Marcus Ulpius Januarius, it has been dated to the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and around 140 AD.

The elegant clubhouse at Brough Golf Club – one of the oldest in the county

“His inscription was found re-used in the later stonework defences of Petuaria and gives a clear illustration of the standard of civic works and also civil and literary society which at one time existed in or around Roman Brough on Humber, at a tiny town whose modern magistrates’ court was only recently closed in the late 1990s, so ending nearly 2,000 years of locally-recorded justice unprecedented anywhere else in the British Isles.”

Recent years have seen a steady increase in Brough’s population, thanks to a programme of house building. It remains one of the most desirable places to live in the county and new facilities, in terms of shops and services, have matched its growth. A major plus is the railway station, with regular trains to London, which serves a far wider population.

Looking down Station Road to the Ferry Inn. The pub dates back to 1600, but was rebuilt in 1841. Like lots of pubs in the area, highwayman Dick Turpin is said to have been a visitor

The Humber Yawl Yacht Club headquarters at Brough Haven. The club was founded in 1883 and also offers facilities across the Humber at Winteringham Haven