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| Broughton Evangelical Church, Little Broughton | ||
| Broughton Evangelical Church | ||
| Broughton Meeting House | ||
| Little Broughton Meeting House | ||
| locality:- | Little Broughton | |
| civil parish:- | Broughton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | chapel | |
| locality type:- | quaker meeting (once) | |
| locality type:- | meeting house (once) | |
| coordinates:- | NY07843175 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0731 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
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 BPT37.jpg (taken 22.10.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 2) |
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| 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. "Friends Meeting House" |
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| evidence:- | text:- placename:- Broughton Meeting House placename:- Little Broughton Meeting House |
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| source data:- | : : Quaker Administrative History "BROUGHTON, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY079317" "1668-1982 ... Pardshaw MM" "LITTLE BROUGHTON, Cum, after 1974 Cumbr ... see BROUGHTON" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Backhouse 1773 placename:- Broughton meeting |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to
the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch,
by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by
James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773. BKH2Prds.jpg labelled:- "Broughton / 2.6" meeting day Friday nearby market day Monday item:- private collection : 224 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | drawing:- Butler 1978 placename:- Broughton Meeting House |
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| source data:- | Broughton Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses
of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978 courtesy of David Butler  click to enlargePR1506.jpg "And about the year 1687, ffriends Increased so in Number thatt mostt of the dwelling houses was to little to Contain the Meeting, soe thatt the ffriends belonging to thatt Meeting, agreed to build a Meeting House at Little Broughton." This early meeting house has gone. Its date is remembered in a victorian terracotta panel which now adorns the building. The present building dates from 1742. It is now a chapel. item:- private collection : 377 Image © Friends Historical Society |
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