Broughton may refer to:
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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'' (1962, Second Edition):
"The name Broughton is often derived from the Saxon "B ...
Places
Australia
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Broughton, Queensland
Broughton is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Broughton had a population of 714 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Flinders Highway, to the east by the Burdekin R ...
, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland
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Broughton, Victoria
Canada
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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
Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, ...
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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 ...
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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 No ...
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North Broughton Island
North Broughton Island () 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, Canada
Canada is a count ...
, to the north of Broughton Island
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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
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, on the south coast of North Broughton Island
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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
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Broughton Peaks, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island
Jamaica
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Broughton, Jamaica
Broughton (originally New Broughton) is situated on the south western coast of Westmoreland, Jamaica, Westmoreland, Jamaica. Broughton is home to roughly 500 people. Most are fishermen, shop owners, and subsistence farmers, or work in nearby Negr ...
United Kingdom
England
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Broughton, Aylesbury
Broughton is a hamlet and civil parish to the east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. Broughton is also the name of a nearby housing estate in Aylesbury itself.
Early recordings of Broughton are:
- the Domesday Book where it appears as ...
, Buckinghamshire
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Broughton, Cambridgeshire
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Broughton, Claverley, Shropshire, a
location
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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 population ...
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Broughton, Hampshire
Broughton is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about north of Romsey. There are about 450 dwellings, and just under 1000 people, with domestic architecture spanning 600 years. The 2001 census reco ...
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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, increasing ...
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Broughton, Lincolnshire
Broughton is a town and civil parish situated on the Roman Ermine Street, in the North Lincolnshire Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,726. In 2021, the pop ...
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Broughton, Milton Keynes
Broughton (, ) is a historic village, modern district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, approximately east of Central Milton Keynes. It is governed by Broughton and Milton Keynes, Broughton and Milton Keynes Joint P ...
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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 ...
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Broughton, east North Yorkshire
Broughton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Broughton is situated north-west of Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 212, a reduction from the 2001 census when ...
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Broughton, west North Yorkshire
Broughton is a village and civil parish in the county 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 Census.
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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 e ...
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Broughton Castle
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England, on the B4035 road ().
It is the home of the Fiennes (in full Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes) family, ...
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Broughton, Salford
Broughton is a suburb and district of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Located on the east bank of the River Irwell, it is northwest of Manchester and south of Prestwich.
Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, the form ...
, Greater Manchester
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Broughton Suspension Bridge
Broughton Suspension Bridge was an Suspension bridge, iron chain suspension bridge built in 1826 to span the River Irwell between Broughton, Greater Manchester, Broughton and Pendleton, Greater Manchester, Pendleton, now in Salford, Greater Manc ...
, 1831 collapse
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Broughton, Shropshire, in Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill
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Broughton, Staffordshire, a
location
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Broughton Astley
Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the south of Leicestershire, about east of Hinckley, about from the centre of Leicester, and about 14 mil ...
, Leicestershire
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Broughton Crossing
Broughton Crossing is a hamlet / small settlement located between the Buckinghamshire villages of Bierton and Broughton in England. It is in the civil parish of Bierton with Broughton.
It takes its name from a long-vanished level crossing where ...
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Broughton Gifford
Broughton Gifford is a village and Civil parishes in England, 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 s ...
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Broughton Hackett, Worcestershire
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Broughton Poggs
Broughton Poggs is a village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Broughton Poggs is southwest of Carterton, Oxfordshire, Carter ...
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Broughton-in-Furness
Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness 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 Lak ...
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Belbroughton
Belbroughton ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 2,685. It is about six miles north of Bromsgrove, six miles east of Kidderminster and f ...
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Church Broughton
Church Broughton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, to the west of Derby. It has a church (St Michael and All Angel's Church, Church Broughton, Saint Michael and All Angels) and a Methodist chapel (1828). Badway Green is a piece of ...
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Drakes Broughton
Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road (previously the A44) 2 miles north-west of Pershore and 7 miles south-east of Worcester. The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and ...
, Worcestershire
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Great and Little Broughton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire
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Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
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Upper Broughton
Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a Village#United Kingdom, 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-u ...
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Scotland
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Broughton, Edinburgh
Broughton () is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. The area i ...
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Broughton, Orkney, a
location
In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...
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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 ...
Wales
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Broughton, Flintshire
Broughton ( ) is a 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, the total popula ...
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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 ...
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Broughton, Wrexham
Broughton is a Community (Wales), community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It has an area of 469 hectares and had a population of 6,498 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, increasing to 7,454 at the 2011 Census. The area is ...
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New Broughton, Wrexham
New Broughton ( standard ; sometimes ; ) is a former industrial village located in Wrexham, North Wales. It is part of the wider Broughton local government community, and is situated between Southsea (to the North) and Caego (to the South). ...
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Pentre Broughton
Pentre Broughton is a formerly industrial village in the community of Broughton in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is contiguous with the neighbouring villages of Moss and Brynteg.
The village's name is derived from the Welsh word ''pentre' ...
United States
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Broughton, Illinois
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Broughton, Ohio
Broughton is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of th ...
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Broughton, Pennsylvania
Sport
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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 Stre ...
, an English rugby union club
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Broughton Park RUFC
Broughton Park FC, 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 Unio ...
, an English rugby union club
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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
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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 f ...
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Broughton High School, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Needham B. Broughton High School
Needham B. Broughton High School (commonly known as Broughton High School) is one of thirty-two high schools in the Wake County Public School System. It is located at 723 St. Mary's Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Broughton was ...
, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Broughton Hospital
Broughton Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Morganton, North Carolina. It is administered by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services. ...
, a psychiatric treatment facility, Morganton, North Carolina, United States
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Broughton House, a town house in Scotland
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Broughton House, Parramatta
Broughton House is a heritage-listed former residence, school and now nursing home at 43a Thomas Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1838 and was possibly designed by John Verge. It has also been known as N ...
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Broughton House, Raleigh
The Broughton House was a Colonial Revival-style mansion located in the Anderson Heights Historic District in Raleigh, North Carolina. Previously owned by Robert Bain Broughton and Celeste Gold Broughton, the son and daughter-in-law of North Caro ...
, a mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Jolly-Broughton House
The Jolly-Broughton House is a historic Georgian Revival-style house in Raleigh, North Carolina. The house, completed in 1929, was the home of North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton and First Lady Alice Willson Broughton.
History
The J ...
, a mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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''Broughton'' (HBC vessel), see
Hudson's Bay Company vessels
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