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People

Broughton (name) Broughton () is an English surname and placename. It has two claimed origins as a name. As a placename According to M. Leon Broughton, author of ''Broughton Memoirs'' (Copyright 1962, Second Edition): "The name Broughton is often derived from th ...

Places

Australia

Broughton, Queensland Broughton is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Broughton had a population of 726 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Flinders Highway, to the east by the Burdek ...

, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland * Broughton, Victoria

Canada

Broughton, Nova Scotia Broughton (2001 pop.: 24) was a former town in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality about 19 kilometers from the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia. It was going to be one of Canada's first planned towns, designed to eventually accommodate 10,000 reside ...

Broughton Archipelago Broughton Archipelago is a group of islands located at the eastern end of Queen Charlotte Strait in Mount Waddington Regional District, British Columbia. The archipelago is the traditional territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Namgis, Ma'am ...

, British Columbia **

Broughton Island (British Columbia) Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, northwest of Gilford Island. Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on its north side, at To the north is North ...

, an island in that archipelago **

North Broughton Island North Broughton Island (french: île North Broughton) is an island in the Broughton Archipelago, located as its name suggests to the north of Broughton Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canad ...

, to the north of Broughton Island **

Broughton Point Broughton may refer to: People *Broughton (name) Places Australia * Broughton, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland * Broughton, Victoria Canada * Broughton, Nova Scotia * Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia * ...

, on the south coast of North Broughton Island *the

Broughton Strait Broughton Strait is a strait off the north coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, separating that island from Malcolm and Cormorant Islands, on the farther side of which is the larger Queen Charlotte Strait, which also lies beyond t ...

off the north coast of Vancouver Island, between that island and Queen Charlotte Strait *the

Broughton Peaks The Broughton Peaks are a group of low mountain summits west of the south end of Effingham Inlet, to the north of Bamfield in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Name origin Like other "Brought ...

, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island

Jamaica

Broughton, Jamaica Broughton (originally New Broughton) is situated on the south western coast of Westmoreland, Jamaica. Broughton is home to roughly 500 people. Most are fishermen, shop owners, and subsistence farmers, or work in nearby Negril and Savanna-la-M ...

United Kingdom

England

* Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire * Broughton, Cambridgeshire * Broughton, Claverley, Shropshire, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

Broughton, Craven Broughton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is on the A59 road approximately west of Skipton. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 81 increasing to 172 at the 2011 Cens ...

, North Yorkshire *

Broughton, Cumbria Broughton is a civil parish in Cumbria, England, consisting of Great Broughton and Little Broughton. It is located on the River Derwent, about east of Workington and west of Cockermouth. According to the 2001 census it had a populatio ...

Broughton, Hampshire Broughton is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about north of Romsey. The Manor of Broughton is recorded in the Domesday Book and was held at different times by the Earl of Southampton, and the ...

Broughton, Lancashire Broughton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, approximately north of Preston city centre. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,735, decreasing to 1,722 at the 2011 Census. The parish is ...

Broughton, Lincolnshire Broughton is a small town and civil parish situated on the Roman Ermine Street, in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,726. It is situated approximately north-we ...

Broughton, Milton Keynes Broughton (, ) is a historic village, modern district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. , it is governed by Broughton and Milton Keynes Joint Parish Council, which it shares with the neighboring Milton Keynes paris ...

, Buckinghamshire *

Broughton, Northamptonshire Broughton is a large village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is around south-west of Kettering and is bypassed by the A43 road. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 2,208. The village's name i ...

Broughton, Oxfordshire Broughton is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 286. Manor The Domesday Book of 1086 records the place-name as ''Brohtune'' and an ...

Broughton, Ryedale Broughton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Broughton is situated north-west of Malton. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 212, a reduction from the 2001 census when it stood at 233. Re ...

, North Yorkshire *

Broughton, Salford Broughton is a suburb and district of Salford, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, on the east bank of the River Irwell, it is northwest of Manchester and south of Prestwich. Historically in Lancashire, Broughton was a township an ...

, Greater Manchester **

Broughton Suspension Bridge Broughton Suspension Bridge was an iron chain suspension bridge built in 1826 to span the River Irwell between Broughton and Pendleton, now in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. One of Europe's first suspension bridges, it has been attrib ...

, 1831 collapse * Broughton, Shropshire, in Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill * Broughton, Staffordshire, a

Broughton Gifford Broughton Gifford is a village and civil parish about west of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Norrington Common and The Common. History Formerly much of Broughton Gifford and the surrounding area was covered ...

, Wiltshire *

Broughton-in-Furness Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census. It is located on the south western boundary of England's Lake District ...

, Cumbria *

Church Broughton Church Broughton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, to the west of Derby. It has a church ( Saint Michael and All Angels) and a Methodist chapel (1828). Badway Green is a piece of common land within the parish.Commons Registration A ...

, Derbyshire *

Great and Little Broughton Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

, Hambleton, North Yorkshire * Nether Broughton, Leicestershire *

Upper Broughton Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population o ...

, Nottinghamshire

Scotland

Broughton, Edinburgh Broughton () is an ancient feudal barony, today within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Ancient barony The feudal barony of Broughton in the 16th and 17th centuries was in the hands of the Bellenden family, who had made their money in the le ...

* Broughton, Orkney, a

Broughton, Scottish Borders Broughton is a village in Tweeddale in the historical county of Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders council area, in the south of Scotland, in the civil parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho and Upper Tweed Community Council. Broughton is ...

Wales

Broughton, Flintshire Broughton ( cy, Brychdyn) is a large village in Flintshire, Wales, close to the Wales–England border, located to the west of the city of Chester, England, in the community of Broughton and Bretton. Along with the nearby village of Bretton, ...

Broughton, Vale of Glamorgan Broughton is a small village in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales. It lies just northeast of Monknash and south of Wick. It contains a building known as "The Malthouse", now converted into flats. The village has extensive ...

Broughton, Wrexham Broughton ( cy, Brychdyn) is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It has an area of 469 hectares and had a population of 6,498 in the 2001 census, increasing to 7,454 at the 2011 Census. The area is dominated by the Moss Valley ...

United States

Broughton, Illinois Broughton is a village in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 194 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village was founded in the 1720s as Saint Philippe du Grand Marai ...

* Broughton, Ohio * Broughton, Pennsylvania

Sport

Broughton RUFC Broughton Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Salford, Greater Manchester, which at the time of the club's founding in 1869 was in Lancashire, England. Its home venue is the Broughton Cricket & Rugby Club pitch on Yew ...

, an English rugby union club *

Broughton Park RUFC Broughton Park RUFC, is one of the oldest rugby union clubs in England and was established in 1882, just one year after the Lancashire County Rugby Football Union was founded and eleven years after the formation of the national Rugby Football Uni ...

, an English rugby union club *

Broughton Rangers Broughton Rangers were one of the twenty-one rugby clubs which met at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895 to form the Northern Rugby Football Union. They were originally based in Broughton, Salford, but in 1933 moved to Gorton, Manchester ...

, an English rugby league club

Other uses

Broughton Anglican College, Menangle, New South Wales Broughton Anglican College is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located at Menangle Park, an outer suburb of south-western Sydney, near , New South Wales, Australia. The College caters fo ...

, Australia *

Broughton High School, Edinburgh Broughton High School is a secondary school located in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2009, the building at Inverleith was replaced with a building funded by a public–private partnership. The school is currently situated next to Inverlei ...

, Scotland, United Kingdom * Needham B. Broughton High School, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States * Broughton Hospital, a psychiatric treatment facility, Morganton, North Carolina, United States *

Broughton House Broughton House is an 18th-century town house standing on the High Street of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. It was the home of Scots impressionist artist E. A. Hornel between 1901 and his death in 1933. During this time Hornel remodelled the house ...

, a town house in Scotland * Broughton House, Parramatta, a heritage-listed residence in Australia * Broughton House, Raleigh, a mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States * Jolly-Broughton House, a mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States * ''Broughton'' (HBC vessel), see Hudson's Bay Company vessels {{disambiguation, geo