Broughton East

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Broughton East
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Broughton East
Location within Cumbria
Population196 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SD3881
Civil parish
  • Broughton East
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode district LA11
Dialling code 01539
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54°12′54″N2°56′02″W / 54.215°N 2.934°W / 54.215; -2.934 Coordinates: 54°12′54″N2°56′02″W / 54.215°N 2.934°W / 54.215; -2.934

Broughton East is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 173, [2] increasing at the 2011 census to 196. [1] The parish includes the village of Field Broughton and the hamlet of Green Bank at grid reference SD379803 . [3] The Parish sits at the southern border of the Lake District National Park. The name Broughton may have come about due to the area being home to a brook or stream. [4]

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Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map.PNG
Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map

History

Until the 18th Century the area which Broughton East is situated was known as Broughton which was under the control of a family that lived in the Manor of Cartmel. The parish was mainly made up of small farms who were tenants of the Manor of Cartmel and they would pay rent to the family. Records of some of the money collecting from the villagers show that oats and barley were grown by the villagers as William Mokeld took note of what he included around 1508-9 which was “a rent of 19d. each term, paying 15d. for service and 20d for ingress, with 1d. and a hen and a half for tithe hay and 9 bushels of oats and 6 pecks of barley for tithe corn”. [5]

In the 1870s, Broughton East was described as:

BROUGHTON (East), or Broughton-Field, a township-chapelry in Cartmel parish, Lancashire; 4 miles N of Cartmel r. station, and 7 NE of Ulverstone. Post Town, Cartmel, under Newton-in-Cartmel. Acres, 2,830. Real property, £4,332. Pop., 534. Houses, 107. [6]
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St Peter's Church

One of the most noticeable developments of the town was the building of St Peter's church in 1894. [7] The building was made of red sandstone and was built for £3,000.

Population

The area of Broughton East has always had a generally small population with most people being farmers but the population was 534 by the 1870s and was nearly 1800 in 1890. In 1881 the parish had maintained a part of the population involved in agriculture with over 50 people being involved in it, a large number of people however, especially females worked in domestic service with over 200 females and 50 males. [8]

Occupations of Broughton East Citizens in 1881 Occupations of Broughton East citizens graph.jpg
Occupations of Broughton East Citizens in 1881

There was boundary changes in the early 1900s which changed to size of the parish leaving the parish with a population of around 200 which has stay constant since. The modern day parish is very different in terms of occupations compared with 1881 though. Only 103 residents, just over half the population were in employment as of 2011. Most of these jobs are in professional and managerial positions which together make up half the working population.

Total population of Broughton East Civil Parish, Cumbria, as reported by the Census of Population from 1881 to 2011. Broughton East population time series 1881-2011.jpg
Total population of Broughton East Civil Parish, Cumbria, as reported by the Census of Population from 1881 to 2011.

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Broughton East Parish (E04002590)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Broughton East Parish (16UG007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. Old Cumbria Gazetteer, Geography Department, Portsmouth University
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN   0198691033.
  5. Mills, Nigel. "Village Histories - Field Broughton". Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. Wilson, John Marius (1870). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. "St Peter, Field Broughton". Church of England. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. "Broughton East, Occupation, 2011". Office for National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2015.