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.

Great and Little Broughton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broughton

Historical Forms

  • Broctuna 12th Guisb
  • Brocton 1208 FF
  • Brogton' 1295 Rental
  • Brochton 1231 FF 1292 Ass
  • Magna 1260 Rental
  • Browcton 1266 MinAcct
  • Browhton 1286 Ipm
  • Great Browghtton, Little Browghton 1537 LP
  • Browton 1266 MinAcct
  • Brouton(e) 1267 ib
  • (Magna, Parua) ib.
  • Brouhton 1267 MinAcct
  • Brouchton 1278 Ass
  • Petit Brouthtone 1305 Parl
  • Brougton 1278,1279 Ass
  • Broughton 1332 SR
  • Littell 1580 Border
  • Broghton 1286 1292 Ass 1305 Ipm 1307 Pat
  • in Allerdale 1318 Misc
  • parua 1429 Netherhall

Etymology

'Brook tūn,' v. brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site