BROUGHTON, Shropshire

"BROUGHTON, a parish in the Albrighton division of the county of Salop, 7 miles to the N. of Shrewsbury. It includes the township of Yorton. The Crewe and Shrewsbury branch of the London and North-Western railway crosses the parish, with a station at Yorton. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, worth £70, in the patronage of Sir R. Hill, Bart."

"YORTON, a township in the parish of Broughton, county Salop, 7 miles N. of Shrewsbury. It is a station on the Crewe, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury branch of the London and North-Western railway."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2011

Church Records

Gazetteers

Church Records

• The transcription of the Parish Registers for Broughton provided by Mel Lockie. Added 22 Nov 2009.

Gazetteers

• A transcript of the Broughton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Broughton parish entries from Gregory's 1824 Gazetteer of Shropshire,

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