Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broughton

Broughton, township, Manchester par., SE. Lancashire, wholly in bor. of Salford, 1426 ac. (30 water), pop. 31,534; contains B. Old Hall, formerly a seat of the Stanleys and the Chethams.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Broughton CP/Tn       Manchester AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Broughton

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