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Broughton, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1932.

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BROUGHTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2010]
[from The Victoria County History series - 1932]

"BROUGHTON, the parish of Broughton lies on a soil of Oxford clay; it is watered by a stream running from Kings Ripton north-east to Wistow. The northern part of the parish, which is only 50 ft. above sea level, is liable to floods, but the land rises towards the south to a height of 131 ft. Some three quarters of the parish is arable land producing wheat, barley and beans; the other quarter is grassland. There is no woodland.

The picturesque little village lies about 55 ft. above sea level in the valley formed by the stream which runs through the parish, and is here crossed by a bridge known as Bull Bridge. It stands about a mile from the road from St. Ives to Warboys, and is about equal distance from the less important road from Huntingdon to Wistow. The cottages, mostly timber-framed with thatched or tiled roofs, are built around the church. To the west of the church is the Rectory built around 1600.

Adjoining the stream to the north-east of the village is a moated enclosure called The Moat in which are the remains of the foundations of the Hall where the courts of Barony of Broughton were held, which was an honour of the abbots of Ramsey."

[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards ©2003 and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2010]
[mainly from The Victoria County History series- 1932]