Place:


Nether Broughton  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nether Broughton like this:

BROUGHTON (Nether), a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the verge of the county, near the Fosse way and the Grantham canal, 6 miles NW by N of Melton-Mowbray r. station. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2,110. Real property, £4,296. Pop., 519. Houses, 107. ...


The property is divided among a few. Broughton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £397.* Patron, alternately the Hon. P. P. Bouverie and the Rev. W. H. Sawyer. The church has an embattled pinnacled tower, and is very good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £17.

Nether Broughton through time

Nether Broughton is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nether Broughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nether Broughton, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10655

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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