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Little Broughton, Broughton
Little Broughton
civil parish:-   Broughton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY07813174 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0731
10Km square:-   NY03

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 2) 
placename:-  Little Broughton
placename:-  Broughton, Little
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Broughton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Broughton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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circle, tower; across the Derwent from Brigham 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Little Broughton
placename:-  Broughton, Little
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Little Broughton"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G816B601, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601 
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:-  "Fletcher, Abraham, mathematician, Little Broughton, 1714."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Little Broughton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Lit. Broughton"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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hearsay:-  
Abraham Fletcher was born here. He had a week of formal education at the dame school, costing his parents three pence. He became a clay pipemaker, but studied on his own to be a mathematician, writing 'The Universal Measurer and Mechanic'. He worked as the village doctor, or herbalist.

places:-  
NY08263174 Broughton Craggs (Broughton)
NY07903154 Broughton Grange (Broughton)
NY07803181 Chapel, The (Broughton)
NY07823178 Chestnut House (Broughton)
NY07523168 Christ Church (Broughton)
NY07833174 Dog and Gun Inn (Broughton)
NY08253164 lodge, Broughton Craggs (Broughton)
NY07823182 pinfold, Little Broughton (Broughton)
NY08123190 quaker burial ground, Little Broughton (Broughton)
NY07793175 Sundial, The (Broughton)
NY0731 Welfare Field, The (Broughton)
NY07843175 Broughton Evangelical Church (Broughton)
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