Great Broughton, North Yorkshire

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Great Broughton
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Great Broughton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population990 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference NZ547063
Civil parish
  • Great and Little Broughton
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district TS9
Dialling code 01642
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54°26′58″N1°09′27″W / 54.4494°N 1.15757°W / 54.4494; -1.15757

Great Broughton is a village in the Great and Little Broughton civil parish of the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire in northern England.

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History

The village of Great Broughton and the hamlet of Little Broughton are listed (under their Latin names Magna Broctun and Parva Broctun) in the Domesday book of 1086. [2] The name "Broughton" is a common English placename, derived from Old English meaning "farmstead by a brook". [3] The village was formerly part of the Parish of Kirkby, [4] and was a part of the wapentake and liberty of Langbaurgh. [4]

The economy of the village was formerly dependent on agriculture, textiles, [5] and jet mining. [2] [6]

Geography

Great Broughton is 11 miles (17 km) south of Middlesbrough centre, 13 miles (20 km) north-east from the county town of Northallerton, and on the edge of the North York Moors National Park and the Cleveland Hills. It is 2 miles (3 km) south from the market town of Stokesley and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east from the village of Kirkby in Cleveland. Together with the hamlet of Little Broughton to the east, it forms part of a civil parish within the district of Hambleton.

The village is overlooked by the Wainstones, a rocky outcrop 2 miles (3 km) to the south, [7] and lies on the Cleveland Way. Broughton Beck flows northward, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the village, joining the River Leven, a tributary of the Tees, at Stokesley. The B1257 road, which runs north to Stokesley and south over the moors to Helmsley, is a 'scenic drive'; [8] its popularity with motorcyclists has led to local opposition. [9] [ failed verification ] [10] [ failed verification ]

Community

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Shop and post office

Broughton and Greenhow is an electoral ward covering the area including surrounding parishes. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 1,669. [11] The 2001 census put the population of the parish at 950, with the council estimating 940 inhabitants c.2005. [12] By the time of the 2011 Census the population had increased to 990. [1]

The village relies on tourists visiting the moors and functions as a dormitory settlement for bigger settlements of North Yorkshire.[ citation needed ] Amenities and facilities within the village include two public houses, The Jet Miners and The Bay Horse, a hotel, a guest house, a shop with post office, a Methodist church, a village hall and a children's playground. The nearest primary school is Kirkby and Great Broughton C of E Voluntary aided School to the west of the village. [13] [14]

Great Broughton falls within the North Yorkshire Police area. The nearest police station is at Stokesley. The village contains ANPR cameras operated by North Yorkshire Police, monitoring vehicular movements through the village.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Great and Little Broughton Parish (1170216846)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "About the Parish - Great and Little Broughton", Great and Little Broughton Parish Council, Hambleton Council website
  3. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of British Placenames, ed. A.D.Mills, Oxford University Press, ISBN   978-0-19-852758-9
  4. 1 2 "Broughton, (Great and Little)", entry in History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County of York (vol 2), Edward Banes, Hurst and Robinson, 1823
  5. ↑ "Broughton, Great and Little", pp. 409–412 A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis (editor), 1848
  6. ↑ Bridgen, Mike,"Uncovering the industrial past of a place filled with rural tranquility", Bridgen, Mike, Northern Echo , 20 March 2009, Retrieved 27 February 2019
  7. ↑ "Wainstones", Climb Online climbing details
  8. ↑ "Great drives: The B1257 from Helmsley and back through Whitby", Phil Llewellin, Daily Telegraph , 16 January 2001
  9. ↑ "Village bid to halt speeding bikers". The Press , Wednesday 8 October 2003
  10. ↑ "BMF warns on action against bikers" Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , British Motorcyclists Federation press release, 7 May 2004
  11. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Broughton and Greenhow 2011 Census Ward (1237325062)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Hambleton Parish Population Estimates 2001 – 2005 Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Hambleton District Council website.
  13. ↑ "Post Office Limited, Great Broughton", Cylex-UK. Retrieved 27 February 2019
  14. ↑ "Great Broughton", Google Maps (2019). Retrieved 27 February 2019
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