Broughton Hackett, Worcestershire
Historical Description
Broughton-Hackett, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, 5 miles E of Worcester, which is the post town and money order office; telegraph office, Spetchley (goods) station on the M.R,, which is a mile distant. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £55 with residence, in the gift of the Crown. The church is Early English, and was restored in 1856.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Worcestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Broughton-Hacket St. Leonard | |
Hundred | Pershore | |
Poor Law union | Pershore |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Broughton Hackett from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Broughton-Hacket (St. Leonard))
Land and Property
The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Maps
Online maps of Broughton Hackett 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.