Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROUGHTON (Little)

BROUGHTON (Little), a township in Bridekirk parish, Cumberland; 3½ miles W by N of Cockermouth. Real property, £2,493. Pop., 641. Houses, £129. Here are Baptist and Quaker chapels.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bridekirk CP/AP       Little Broughton CP/Tn       Cumberland AncC
Place names: BROUGHTON     |     BROUGHTON LITTLE     |     LITTLE BROUGHTON
Place: Little Broughton

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