Broughton
Do not confuse Broughton with Brant Broughton (which is between Newark and Sleaford).
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2399 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3429 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2625-2627 |
- The church tower has been held by some to be Anglo-Saxon in origin, and if so would be one of only a few in Lincolnshire. Much of the rest of the ediface is of Norman origin.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary.
- The church seats about 350.
- There are photographs available on our Broughton Church Photos page.
- The Anglican parish registers exist from 1538.
- According to Rose Light, "The parish registers for Broughton from 1850 are still at the Church and you have to pay to look at these."
- The parish is in the Yarborough Deanery, for which several marriage indexes exist.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel in Broughton in the early 19th century. The Primitive Methodists built their chapel in 1841. For information and assistance in researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Do not confuse Broughton with Brant Broughton (which is between Newark and Sleaford).
This village and parish are three miles westnorthwest of Glanford Brigg and about a mile north of the M180 Motorway. The New River Ancholme brushes the east side of the parish. The old Roman way, Ermine Street, runs along the west edge of the village as it runs between Lincoln and Winteringham. Scawby parish lies to the south. The parish sits on the Cliff range of hills, covers over 7,000 acres and includes the hamlets of Manby, Gokewell and Castlethorpe. The western part of the parish is covered by Broughton Woodland, a part of the ancient forest in this area.
If you are planning a visit:
- Broughton holds an annual Dog and Horse show.
- For golf enthusiasts, the 27-hole Forest Pines course was voted best new golf course in 1997.
- By automobile, take the M180 between Scunthorpe and Grimsby (where it is the A180). Turn north onto the B1207 (the old Ermine Street) and drive about 1 mile into the village.
- Check for bus service from the Linconshire Road Car Company of Lincoln.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Archealogical evidence reveals that Broughton was a Roman settlement.
- In medieval times, the manor was held by the Radford family. Sir Henry Radford was accused of High Treason in 1455 and the manor passed to the Anderson family who held it for many generations.
- In the late 17th century, the Vicar of Broughton, Abraham de la Pryme, kept a daily diary of events and activities and this has become an important historic record.
- In the 19th century, the parish had a heronry and bird watching is still popular in the area.
- The National Grid Reference for Broughton village is SE 9608.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Broughton is a common name in England with several origins. The Lincolnshire name comes from Old English beorg+tun, meaning "farmstead by a hill or mound". The mound in this case is near the west end of the village and may have been the site of the Roman station Pretorium from about 400 AD. Many Roman coins, bricks, tiles and other artifacts have been found in the area. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the name appears as Bertone.
["A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Locals pronounce the name as "Brauton".
- The parish was in the East Division of the Manley Wapentake in the Glanford District in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1892, the portion of the parish known as Brigg Foot was amalgamated with Brigg.
- In 1894, the parish set up an Urban District Council.
The parish population grew in the late 19th century, partly due to the fledgling steelworking industry in Scunthorpe and also to the growth of nearby Brigg as a shipping centre.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
915 |
| 1871 |
1,205 |
| 1891 |
1,257 |
| 1911 |
1,381 |
- A National School was built here in 1849 by the Earl of Yarborough and held about 100 students. It was enlarged in 1896 to hold 300 students.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 4-November-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
