Aldbrough St John
[3] The St John suffix was added to the name in the 1930s by the Post Office to avoid confusion with the Aldborough near Boroughbridge.We know this from John Leland's account in 1540 that "There appere great ruines of a howse or litle castel at Albruch village, and thereby rennith a bekke.Perse Bridg is now called Piercebridge 2 miles north of Aldbrough referred to above as Albruch.The foundations of this building were recently found by local historians Ian Wardle, Grant Rowley and David Shires in what is believed to have been the "burh" oval.[10] A packhorse bridge crosses Aldbrough Beck near Aldborough and is grade II listed.