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Broughton (Salford)

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This is the Broughton which in Salford. There are other places also called Broughton in Lancashire.

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"BROUGHTON, a township-chapelry and a subdistrict, in Salford district, Lancashire; on the river Irwell, near the Bolton railway, in the parish and within the borough of Manchester. It includes a suburb of Manchester, called Higher Broughton and Lower Broughton, communicating with Salford by Broughton bridge; includes also the village of Kersall; and has a post office, of the name of Broughton-Road, under Manchester. Acres, 960. Real property, £66,430. Pop., 9,885. Houses, 1,789. Broughton Hall belonged formerly to the Chethams and the Stanleys; was partly burnt in 1847; and belongs now to Col. Clowes. Higher Broughton and Lower Broughton contain several streets, straight, airy, and crossing one another at right angles; and the two are conjoint. The chapelry was constituted in 1840. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £400.* Patrons, Trustees. There are six dissenting chapels; one of them built in 1869, at a cost of £6,000. The subdistrict is conterminate with the chapelry."

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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Archives & Libraries

Local studies information is held at Salford library.

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Census

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Churches

There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.
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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Broughton area is Salford.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BROUGHTON, a township in the parish and borough of Manchester, hundred of Salford, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 1 mile to the N. of Manchester. It is pleasantly situated on elevated ground, and includes the village of Kersall. There are many good houses and pleasant residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester, in the patronage of trustees. Broughton Hall, an old seat of the Chetham and Stanley families, is the residence of Colonel Clowes."

"KERSALL, a hamlet in the parish of Manchester, county Lancaster 3 miles N.W. of Manchester."

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Broughton was a township in the parish of Manchester.

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Broughton was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

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Societies

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