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 Broughton

Historical Forms

  • Broctune, Broctuna, Brocton(e) 1086 DB 1120–47 Dugdvi 1153 YChvii c.1156 Pont 1166 RBE 1190–5 YChvii 1252–68 YDi 1254 Ebor
  • Broketon 13 Temp
  • Broucton 1266 MinAcct 1291 Tax
  • Brouchton 1291 Ebor
  • Browton in Crauene 1266 MinAcct
  • Brochton 1276 RH 1300 Ebor
  • Brohtton 1300 YDi
  • Broghton 1278 1303 KF 1316 Vill 1444 Testii
  • Broghton in Crauen, Broghton in Craven 1300,1305 Ebor 1317 YDix 1405 YI
  • Broython 1285 KI
  • Broyghton 1304 YI
  • Broughton 1316 YDi
  • Broughton in Craven 1349 FF 1442 Pat 1554 WillY

Etymology

'Farmstead near the brook', v. brōc , tūn . The development of medial -ct - to -ght - is common in this compound (cf. Phonol. § 38).For the affix v. Craven 1supra .