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VII., built with th inati -rials and on the site of a more ly restored, as a monumental brass of the year 1620. The HijitisU have a chapel in the village, and there is a National school. reeled on the most approved ]-l.ui : it has an endowment of 20 per annum ; and the oih. r charities for the benefit of the poor amount to l"-r aim iiiii. Lord Broughton, who takes bis title from this village, is lord of the manor. An elabo- rate memoir of this parish has been published in the " Wilts Archaeological and Natural I li-i< i y Magazine," by the jireM nt n-i-ior, tin- Ki v. ,lolm Wilkinson, M.A. BBOUGHTOH .r. of Bridckirk, ward of AUerdale-below-Dcrwent, in the CO. of Cumberland, 4 miles to the W. of Cockcrmouth. It i-i .-ituated on the N. bank of the river Derwent, near the Cockcrmouth branch of the Whitehaven Junction i.iihvay. The inhabitants are employed in the coal- works of the neighbourhood. Here ore an endowed free school and on almshouse, founded about 1740 by Joseph Ashley, the revenue of which is about 30 a year. r.KOUGHTON, (iKKAT ami L1TTLF, 'tnshps. in tin- par. of Kirby-in-Clcveland, lib. of Langbaurgh, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the S.E. of Stokesloy. It is in a hilly country. Broughton Hall is a modern mansion, situated in pleasant wooded grounds. On the top of a hill overlooking the vi. are the Wain Stones, a collection of stones of large dinn n- sion, one only in an exact position, probably the remains of a cromlech. BKOUGHTON-HACKETT, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Pcrshorc, in the co. of V miles to the E. of Worcester. Hero are quarries of blue lime- stone, hig'n! i for building purposes. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Worcester, worth 73, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. The parochial charities are of trifling value. BROUGHTON-IN-AREDALE, a par. in the eastern div. of the wap. of Staincliff and Ewcross, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles to the W. of Skipton. It is situated near the river Aire, and contains the hmlt. of Elslack. A Roman station or camp is said to have existed here, the supposed vestiges of which are found at Elslack. Some of the villagers are employed in the n manufacture. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 190, in the patron, of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is dedi- cated to All Saints. It stands a mile from the village, and has a Norman doorway and cylindrical font. At- tached to it is a chapel of the Tempest family, with many monuments. Broughton Hall, the seat of the Tempests, who hold the manor, was erected at the close of the 16th century. It contains many family portraits, among which are those of Stephen Tempest, author of " Rcligio 1 and Francis Tempest, Abbot of Lambspring, a monastery in Westphalia. HROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS. See BROUOHTON, I'.KunillTnN, LITTLE, a tnshp. and district par. in the par. of Bridekirk, ward of Allerdalo-below-l>. r- wcnt, in the co. of Cumberland, close to Great Broughton. manufacture of tobacco-pipes and of coarse ]> is carried on in the village. Here has recently 1m ii d a district church, called Christ Church. The living is a perpet. cur.,* val. 150, in the dioc. 01 liale. There are chapels belonging to the Woaleyans, Quakers, and Baptists. Little Broughton was the birth- place (1714) of Abraham Fletcher, who distinguished himself as a mathematician and botanist. BROUGHT<>, NKTII! in the hund. of land, in the en. Hal (> the N. W. of Melton Mnwliray. It ii Minuted on the bor-: -iii- southern extremity of th m< nf the villagers are employed in tin- living is a nxt.* in the dioc. of >7. in the ijift of the Hon. I 1 . I' B ;nl the K.-v. W. 11. Sawv.-r, alter- nately. The church, dedi. i neat building, with a square embattled tov i with pinnacles. The V- < Impel was built in 18'J the National schools in 1845. There: dowments for the poor worth about 17 a In the vicinity is Broughton Lodge. '1 2,140 acres, and is within the honour of Tutbury, in the duchy of Lancaster. BROUGHTOM I'oiidS, or POGIS, a par. in the hund. of Bampton, in the co. of Oxford, 5 miles to < W. of l!ani]iton. Luehlude is its post town. It li the confines of Gloucestershire. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 280, in the pan n. -I the Kov. W Holmes. The church is d.di principal mansion is Broughton Hall, the seat of W. C. H. r.urnaby, Bart. BROUGHTON SULNEY, or UI- 1 <, 11- TON, a par. in the south div. of the wap. ot in the co. of Nottingham, '.) i borough. Melton Mowbray is its post town. It iM^H the border of Leicestershire. The stocking n is carried on by some of the inhabitants. T a rcct. in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 388, in 1H patron, of Sir J. Radclifle, Bart. The parochial . Unities are worth 10 a year. Broughton House, the i,i-o|icrty of the Duke of rnn-i-li-in-li, contains som* Vandyck, and some cartoons attributed to Itaj^^l There is a medicinal spring in the parish. P. within the honour of Tutlmry, in tln-dm-hy of I.anc^^H BROUGHT' IN. WFST, a limit, in the par. of QM ridge, hund. of Appletree, in the co. of Derby, * milei to the N.W. of Burton-on-Trent. It is seated near the river Dove. BROUGHTON, WEST, orBROn, HI oN-lN-FUB- N FSS, a chplry. and market town, in the par -I Kirkbyl Ireleth, hund. of Lonsdole North of the Sands, in ^H co. palatine of Lancaster, 9 miles to the N. of I and 280 miles from London. It is a station < ness and Coniston railway. The town lies in a in tainous country on the banks of tl I^H and copper ore abundant, and ! arc quarried and export . 1 II - :. ira^^l taut branch of the local industry. Mui li ibi-l tants are employed in the neighbour! stands on a hill-side facing the south good houses built of stone and roofed v. vessels can approach within a mil ot th.- : estuary being navigable to Duddnn liri.l is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of ' 1 the patron, of J. Sawrcy, Esq. The church i- to St. Mury Magdalene. There is a small grammar endowed with 6 a year, and some nthcr chai i about 10. On a hill to the N. of the town is lirough- ton Tower, the seat of the Sawrey* the n first Friday in October for i hiring farm sen-ants, and on the 1st Au^ -iriiHTV Fl;i;: the par. of Monilieth, and partly in that the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 4 miles t It is pleasantly seated on the N. shore "t the of Tay, and at West Ferry 1 Dundee and Aibroath railway. the village, on the S. shore of the Frith, i Fil'i shire, where steamers ply daily, i some 1" and is much fr< ntf-place. Its name, Brought;., of 21' was derived from an ancient castle which The castle has been lately repaired at an eipeni 10,000. Ukd now protects the river. Th. i-- in the presb. of I' i, There is ols- church, an I'nit. .1 I'p sliyt. ii an d nurch. r.IIoW, a il. iii tin- ]>ar. of liuthwdl, in t liiimtries. Scotland, 'I mih-i t" tin W. of Ann , M-ated on ih. -coast of the Solway Frith, win-re tl- Water falls into it.
