Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Little Broughton, Broughton

Little Broughton, Broughton

Little Broughton

civil parish:-

Broughton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY07813174 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0731

10Km square:-

NY03

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 2)
placename:- Little Broughton
placename:- Broughton, Little

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Broughton

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY03.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Broughton"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY02.jpg
circle, tower; across the Derwent from Brigham
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Little Broughton
placename:- Broughton, Little

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY03SE.jpg
"Little Broughton"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1816 part 2 p.601
Biographical note from the Compendium of County History:- "Fletcher, Abraham, mathematician, Little Broughton, 1714."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Little Broughton

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02NY03.jpg
"Lit. Broughton"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-

Abraham Fletcher was born here. He had a week of formal education at the dame school, costing his parents three pence. He became a clay pipemaker, but studied on his own to be a mathematician, writing 'The Universal Measurer and Mechanic'. He worked as the village doctor, or herbalist.

places:-

NY08263174 Broughton Craggs (Broughton)

NY07903154 Broughton Grange (Broughton)