Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Broughton. You may be able to find further references to Broughton in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Broughton parish and township Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Broughton.

Place Type of entry Source
Newington, North township Bartholomew
NEWINGTON (North) a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Broughton within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Celia Fiennes Berkshire and Oxfordshire 3
Celia Fiennes To Herefordshire 2
Celia Fiennes Bedfordshire 2
William Camden Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire 1
Celia Fiennes Buckinghamshire, Oxford and Chichester 1
Celia Fiennes 1697 Tour: Hull to Chatsworth 1
Celia Fiennes Another tour of the Midlands 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
North Newington 0 3
Drayton 0 2
Tadmarton 0 2
Wroxton 1 2
Neithrop 0 2
Shutford 0 2
Balscott 0 2
Bloxham 1 2
Banbury 26 4
Milcombe 0 2
Swalcliffe 0 2
Hanwell 1 2
Bodicote 0 2
Alkerton 0 2
Milton 0 2
Horley 0 2
Grimsbury 0 2
Sibford Ferris 0 1
Epwell 0 2
Wigginton 0 2