Broughton is a town 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

situated on the Roman

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, in the

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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,726. In 2021, the population was 5,434. It is situated approximately north-west from the town of Brigg. 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

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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 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. Location T ...

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 village's name orig ...

and

Hough-on-the-Hill Hough-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brandon, Lincolnshire, Brandon was 399 at the 2011 census. It is s ...

. The church is thought to date to the 11th century with major alterations in the 12th, 14th and 17th centuries.

Gokewell Priory Gokewell Priory was a Cistercian Catholic priory in Broughton, Lincolnshire, England. The priory was founded by William de Alta Ripa, and received financial support from Roger of St. Martin, Adam Paynel, and William de Romara. By 1440, the prior ...

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, 1st Baronet, and became extinct on the death of Sir Charles Henry John Anderson, 9th Baronet, on 8 October 1891. To the west and north, Broughton has extensive woodlands that stretch toward Dragonby,

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

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

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 File:Central Broughton.jpg, Aerial Picture of Dalmatian Way and surrounding area looking south (central Broughton) File:Aerial picture of Broughton.jpg, Picture shows most of Broughton looking north west as of 16.1.22 File:South Broughton.jpg, South Broughton looking west (High street, town hill, Pocket park)

References

External links

Broughton Community & Sports Association
{{Authority control Towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Borough of North Lincolnshire