Broughton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Broughton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Amounderness
- Aighton
- Aldcliffe
- Aldingham
- Arkholme
- Aschebi
- Ashton [Hall]
- Ashton [on Ribble]
- Austwick
- Barbon
- Bardsea
- Bare
- Barnoldswick
- Barton
- Beetham
The Meaning of the Name
The name Broughton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Broughton.
Listed Buildings Near Broughton
Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Broughton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist - 0.32 km
Grade II
- Broughton in Amounderness War Memorial - 0.12 km
- Bank Hall and Bank Hall Farmhouse - 0.18 km
- Village Stocks on South Outer Side of Gateway Into Churchyard of Church of St John the Baptist - 0.3 km
- Broughton Church of England Primary School - 0.3 km
- Sundial circa 5 metres south of Church of St. John the Baptist - 0.33 km
- Mounting block situated to the south side of Church Cottage Museum - 0.33 km
- Church Cottage Museum - 0.33 km
- Pinfold in corner of field to south of 442, Garstang Road - 0.34 km
- Milestone on west side of road, at north side of entrance to County Fire Brigade HQ - 0.68 km
- Milestone on West Side of Road Circa 50 Metres North of Helms Farm - 0.92 km
- The Stone House - 1.07 km
- Wychnor - 1.17 km
Broughton Today
Today Broughton lies within the administrative area of Preston, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,471 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Broughton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Threlfall’s Farm - 1.4 km NE
- Newsham - 2.2 km NW
- Whittingham Hall - 2.8 km NE
- Woodplumpton - 3.0 km W
- Barton - 3.2 km N
- Goosnargh - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Broughton
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Keith Wright · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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