Broughton is a small town and
civil parish
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situated on the Roman
Ermine Street
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, in the
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...
district
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of
Lincolnshire
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, England.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,726. It is situated approximately north-west from the town of
Brigg
Brigg ( /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west tra ...
. The hamlets of Wressle, Castlethorpe, and part of Scawby Brook lie within the parish boundaries.
A settlement existed at Broughton in the Neolithic Stone Age (New Stone Age). Stone tools have been found particularly on the commons near Wressle. Pottery was discovered at a house on Ermine Street in 1956, thought to date back to the Bronze Age period. There were burials discovered around 1850 in the commons to the north-east of Broughton.
Broughton's St Mary's Church is a Grade I
listed building
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, with a very rare Saxon staircase tower, one of four in the country. The others are at
Brixworth
Brixworth is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 5,162, increasing to 5,228 at the 2011 census. The village's All Saints' Church is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Loca ...
,
Brigstock
Brigstock is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. Administratively it is part of North Northamptonshire. From 2001 to 2011, the parish population increased from 1,329 to 1,357.
Toponymy
The villages name origi ...
and
Hough-on-the-Hill
Hough-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brandon was 399 at the 2011 census. It is situated approximately due north from the market ...
. The church is thought to date to the 11th century with major alterations in the 12th, 14th and 17th centuries.
Gokewell Priory was founded nearby in the late 12th century to house a community of nuns.
The
Baronetcy of Broughton was created 11 December 1660 for
Sir Edmund Anderson and became extinct on the death of the 9th Baron,
Sir Charles Henry John Anderson, 8 October 1891.
To the west and north, Broughton has extensive woodlands that stretch toward
Dragonby,
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
and
Appleby. The south of the woods sits one of the few 4-star hotels in the area, and which has a 27-hole golf course (formerly Forest Pines, now Doubletree by Hilton - though still commonly known as Forest Pines).
Though considered by many to be a village,
[St Mary's church](_blank)
it became a town in 1974, although it still has a village hall.[ At the 2011 Census, the size of Broughton parish was slightly larger than its neighbour Brigg, due to housing developments at the edge of the parish in Scawby Brook.
]
Gallery
File:St Mary's Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire.jpg, St Mary's Church
File:Broughton, Lincolnshire.jpg, West Broughton
References
External links
Broughton Community & Sports Association
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Towns in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Borough of North Lincolnshire