Broughton Sulney

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Slate Headstones in the church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.

• The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Luke.
   
• The church is built of brown ironstone.
   
• The date of original construction is unknown, but may have been circa 1200. The original church pre-dates 1571. Portions, like the porch, date to 1733.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Church of St. Luke on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
   

• Parish registers exist from 1571.
   
• The parish was in the South Bingham deanery.
   
• The General Baptists had a chapel here by 1869.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Old Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
   

• The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

This village and parish lie south-east of Nottingham on the road to Melton Mowbray, some seven miles away near the border with Leicestershire.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, head south-east out of Nottingham on the A606.
   
• Mick GARRATT has a photograph of the Village Green on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
   
• Beware the tempting bus shelters. Some do not have buses that stop there! Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of one such bus shelter on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Broughton Sulney to another place.

There are traces of a Roman settlement in the parish.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Pump at Greystone Cottage on the western end of the linear village on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.

The parish was well-known for its brick and tile making.

The parish produced a large quantity of Stilton Cheese in the 1800s.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of a Medieval Cross on Cross Green on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.

Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Golden Fleece pub on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.

• These are the names associated with The Golden Fleece in various directories:
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK671266 (Lat/Lon: 52.832384, -1.006005), Broughton Sulney which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial in the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.

Visit the Nottinghamshire county website to see the eight men honored by the churchyard cross.

Those men are;

1. Leonard Morton BROOKS
2. William James BROOKS
3. Frank ECOB
4. Harold Leonard HOURD
5. John Edward KEYS
6. Ralph MARSON
7. Sidney Tuft PAYNE
8. Francis Charles WOOLLEY

• The parish is listed under "Upper Broughton", "Over Broughton", "Broughton Sulney", and "Broughton Solney" in various records.

• This place is an ancient parish in county Nottingham.
   
• The parish was in the north division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake in the Southern division of the county.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   
• You may wish to stop by the Village Hall when it is open and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events. You can also ask about renting the hall for your family re-union.
   

The poor had the interest of £150 left by Mrs. MARSDEN of London in 1842.

The poor also had the interest of £100 by William BRETT in 1850, which was distributed as coals, bread and meat at Christmas time.

Aand the poor had the interest on £50 left in 1885 by Willaim CROSS.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	230
1841	371
1851	394
1871	370
1881	327
1891	345
1901	323

• A Board School for the united parishes of Broughton Solney & Nether Broughton was built of red brick and could house 150 children. It was built prior to 1881.