In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broughton East like this:
BROUGHTON (East), or Broughton-Field, a township-chapelry in Cartmel parish, Lancashire; 4 miles N of Cartmel r. station, and 7 NE of Ulverstone. Post Town, Cartmel, under Newton-in-Cartmel. Acres, 2,830. Real property, £4,332. Pop., 534. Houses, 107. The property is subdivided. Broughton Grove, Broughton Hall, and Broughton Lodge are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £67.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is good.
Broughton East through time
Broughton East is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broughton East itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broughton East, in South Lakeland and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10029
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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