| Broughton | |
|---|---|
 The broach spire of Broughton church | |
.svg)  Broughton Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 2,208 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP8375 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KETTERING |
| Postcode district | NN14 |
| Dialling code | 01536 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Broughton is a large village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is around 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Kettering and is bypassed by the A43 road. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 2,208.[1]
The village's name is derived from Old English meaning "fortification farm/settlement" or, perhaps, "brook farm/settlement".[2]
Broughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burtone. The church (St. Andrew), which is mostly early 14th century (although the chancel was actually rebuilt in 1828), incorporates part of a (12th century) Norman aisleless church at the south-west angle, including the reset south doorway with colonettes, scallop capitals and zigzags.[3] The village has some notable Jacobean houses.[4]
Broughton currently has one pub, The Red Lion; it used to also have The Sun but that closed. A protest to keep the pub running was fought for by driving a tank to Kettering Borough Council offices[citation needed] but no appeal has been won. The village also has three shops. It used to have a separate post office; that is now part of one of the shops. Many years ago, it had a cinema, five bakers, 7 pubs, 6 shops, a petrol station, and a butcher.[citation needed]
- ^ "Broughton CP: Parish headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Key to English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ CRSBI – The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland – St Andrew, Broughton, Northamptonshire http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/752/#feature1
- ^ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England - Northamptonshire 2nd edition, revised by Bridget Cherry (Harmondsworth 1973), pp. 128-29.