Broughton, Staffordshire
Historical Description
Broughton, a township in Croxton parish, Staffordshire, 4½ miles W of Standon-Bridge station on the L. & N.W.R.. and 5½ NW of Eccleshall, which is the post town. Broughton Hall is an old Tudor mansion. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £102. The church, built in 1630, is small, and has a tower with six very fine bells. It contains some ancient monuments and brasses, and ancient stained windows.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Staffordshire | |
Civil parish | Eccleshall | |
Hundred | Pirehill | |
Poor Law union | Stone |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Broughton
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Broughton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Broughton)
Maps
Online maps of Broughton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)