English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Broughton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Appleton le Street

Historical Forms

  • Broctun(e), Brostone 1086 DB
  • Broctuna, Brocton 1145–53 Leon35 1285 KI
  • Brochton 1258 Ch
  • Broutton 1301 LS
  • Broghton 1328 Banco 1369 FF

Etymology

'Farm by a stream' v. broc , tun .

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