    broughton  is a historic village in north buckinghamshire that has been a constituent element of milton keynes since the latter's designation in 1967; a civil parish; and modernly a suburb and new district of the 'city'.formally, milton keynes is still a town. however, since it is an amalgam of many towns and villages, the local custom is to use the term 'city', albeit loosely ==history and location==  the name is old english and meant village by the brook. in the domesday book, it is listed as owned by a walter giffard and the tenant was a hugh de bolbec. in the 6th century, its name was spelt brotone, which is still its customary pronunciation. the original northampton to london turnpike came through the village (to join watling street [now the a5 road] near woburn).'parishes : broughton' â victoria history of the counties of england, a history of the county of buckingham: volume 4 (1927), pp. 303â308. date accessed: 24 august 2009 the current main route, the m1 motorway, is very near and junction 14 is barely half a mile away. the milton keynes grid road, portway (h5), forms the district's northern boundary and tongwell street (v11) provides its western. the section of the old turnpike, once t
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