Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Great Broughton, Broughton

Great Broughton, Broughton

Great Broughton

civil parish:-

Broughton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY07473130 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0731

10Km square:-

NY03

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 2)
placename:- Great Broughton
placename:- Broughton, Great

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.

Sax9NY03.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Broughton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY03.jpg
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Great Broughton
placename:- Broughton, Great

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.

D4NY03SE.jpg
"Great Broughton"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

probably old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Broughton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP3.jpg
"Broughton"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Great 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.

FD02NY03.jpg
"Gt. Broughton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Great Broughton

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY03.jpg
"Great Broughton"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Great Broughton

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF7Cm.jpg
"Gt. Broughton"
map date 1909

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

hearsay:-

In Scot Hill, the village square, two local men were hanged for taking part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, or Great Northern Rebellion, following the Dissolution, in the time of Henry VIII.

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