Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broughton, Great

Broughton, Great, township, Bridekirk par., W. Cumberland, on river Derwent, 3 miles W. of Cockermouth, 2069 ac. (20 water), pop. 1121; P.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bridekirk CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place names: BROUGHTON     |     BROUGHTON GREAT     |     GREAT BROUGHTON
Place: Great Broughton

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