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 Poggs

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broughton Poggs

Historical Forms

  • Brotone 1086 DB
  • Broctona 1192 Eynsh 1236 Fees c.1300
  • Brochton' 1242–3 Fees 1268 Ass
  • Braxston' 1246–7 Ass
  • Burthon' 1246–7 Ass
  • Brouctone 1254 Eynsh
  • Brouton' 1268 Ass
  • Brouton 1278–9 RH
  • Brouthton 1303 Ipm
  • Broghton 1316 FA 1345 Ch 1347 Cl
  • Broughton 1330 FA
  • Broughton Maulditz 1401–2 FA
  • Broughton Pouges 1526 LS
  • Brouztone Mauduyt 1347 Cl

Etymology

'tūnby the brook.' Cf. Broughton 396–7. John Maudut holds the manor 1285Ass by the service of mewing a falcon and carrying it to court. Sir Robert Pugeys appears ib. in connection with land in the nearby village of Broadwell.