Broughton East

Broughton East
Longlands Tower
Broughton East is located in Cumbria
Broughton East
Broughton East
Location within Cumbria
Population196 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSD3881
Civil parish
  • Broughton East
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode districtLA11
Dialling code01539
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°12′54″N 2°56′02″W / 54.215°N 2.934°W / 54.215; -2.934

Broughton East is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 173,[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 196.[1] The parish includes the village of Field Broughton and the hamlet of Green Bank at grid reference SD379803.[3] The Parish sits at the southern border of the Lake District National Park. The name Broughton may have come about due to the area being home to a brook or stream.[4]

Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map
Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map
  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Broughton East Parish (E04002590)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Broughton East Parish (16UG007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ Old Cumbria Gazetteer, Geography Department, Portsmouth University
  4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198691033.