Broughton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Broughtons
Etymology: From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb and civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8939).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Broughton Hamlet parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8413).
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A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2877).
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A civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, which includes Great Broughton and Little Broughton.
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An area in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, comprising Broughton Park, Higher Broughton and Lower Broughton.
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A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3032).
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A village and civil parish in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5235).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9609).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8375).
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A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9451).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4238).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO8091).
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A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7633).
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An inner northern suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2574).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small settlement on Westray, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY4448).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1136).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A large village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3363).
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A small village in Wick community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9271).
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A community (civil parish) in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, that includes New Broughton and Pentre Broughton.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Mayberry Township, Hamilton County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in South Park Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A ghost town in the Regional Municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A village in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A locality in the Shire of West Wimmera and Shire of Hindmarsh, Victoria.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Broughton and Bretton
Broughton and Old Dalby
Broughton Astley
Broughton Cross
Broughton Gifford
Broughton Hamlet
Broughton in Furness
Broughton West
Church Broughton
Drakes Broughton
Great Broughton
Little Broughton
Nether Broughton
Upper Broughton