Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

about seven miles north west of

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...

, in the

Rushcliffe Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its councilRushcliffe Borough Council Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 327, the same as the parish. The parish touches

Wymeswold Wymeswold () is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is in the north of Leicestershire, and north-east of Loughborough. The village has a population of about 1,000, measured ...

, Hickling,

Widmerpool Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles south-south-east of Nottingham and some 7.5 miles north-east of Loughborough. It is one of Nottinghamshire's oldest settlements and is just over a mile west of the A46 ...

Broughton and Old Dalby Broughton and Old Dalby is a civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,400, rising marginally to 1,405 at the 2011 census. It includes Nether Broughton and Old Dalby. How ...

and

Willoughby on the Wolds Willoughby on the Wolds is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Leicestershire. Its nearest neighbouring villages are Wysall, Widmerpool, Wymeswold and Keyworth, with the nearest towns and cities being Loughborough, ...

. Upper Broughton is a conservation area that was designated in 1973 and is 16 hectares. It is near the boundary with

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, and

Nether Broughton Nether Broughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton and Old Dalby, in the Melton district, in Leicestershire, England. Broughton and Old Dalby's parish council is based in Nether Broughton. The village lies o ...

is across the county boundary.

Features

There are 16 listed buildings in Upper Broughton, of which St Luke's Church is Grade I listed. Upper Broughton has a village hall, on Melton Road ( A606) near the junction with Bottom Green. For many years there was a pub on Main Street, originally called the Golden Fleece and latterly the Tap and Run co-owned by Stuart Broad and Harry Gurney, but this was badly damaged by fire in June 2022. Upper Broughton railway station opened in 1880 and closed in 1948.

History

The name "Broughton" means 'Farm by the brook'. Upper Broughton was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Brotone''. On the 1st of April 1965 an area of Broughton and Old Dalby parish was transferred to the parish. The transferred area was 21 acres. The parish was part of the Bingham Wapentake. "Broughton Sulney" is another name for the parish.

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