Broughton

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Broughton

TitleBroughton

CountyBuckinghamshire

CoordinatesLat : 52.05 Lon : -0.6833333

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Broughton is a hamlet to the east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is also the name of a housing estate in Aylesbury itself.

Broughton was first recorded as being part of the manor of Bierton in the late 13th century. The hamlet name is Anglo-Saxon and means farm by a brook. The brook in this case is the Bearbrook that rises near Bedgrove, flows through Broughton then back into Aylesbury before joining the River Thame near Quarrendon.

In the 1840s a new branch railway was constructed linking Aylesbury to the Midlands that crossed the road that linked Broughton with Bierton. A public house and signalmen's cottages were constructed at the level crossing and the area became known as Broughton Crossing. Today this is considered a separate hamlet from Broughton itself.

In the 1960s British housing boom land that belonged to the parish of Bierton was sold to developers and the housing estate of Broughton was constructed. The estate is what many local people immediately think of when they hear the word 'Broughton' as it is a very popular estate on which to live. All that separates Broughton hamlet from Broughton estate today is the brook from which the hamlet first took its name.

In the 2001 census the population of Broughton housing estate was 5,802 people.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Broughton"

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Local Campsites

Newport Pagnell Campsite is 3.19 Miles away
Cosgrove Leisure Park is 6.91 Miles away
Riverside Caravan Park is 11.53 Miles away
Toc H Rickmansworth Campsite is 13.52 Miles away

Local Tourist Attractions

Middleton Swimming Pool is 2.45 Miles away
Woburn Abbey is 5.91 Miles away
Kempston Swimming Pool is 9.81 Miles away
Leighton Buzzard Railway Ltd is 9.97 Miles away
Ascott Estate is 10.59 Miles away
Oasis Beach Pool is 11.25 Miles away
Oasis Beach Pool is 11.27 Miles away
Wrest Park Gardens is 11.91 Miles away
Lewsey Park Pool is 13.38 Miles away
Dunstable Downs Countryside Centre is 14.05 Miles away

Local Golf Courses

Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club is 3.28 Miles away
Woburn Golf Club is 4.15 Miles away
Abbey Hill Golf Centre is 5.45 Miles away
The Millbrook Golf Club is 6.76 Miles away
Bedfordshire Golf Club is 7.75 Miles away
Leighton Buzzard Golf Club is 7.79 Miles away
Aylesbury Vale Golf Club is 9.72 Miles away
Tilsworth Golf Club is 10.75 Miles away
Mowsbury Golf & Squash Complex is 12.54 Miles away
Dunstable Downs Golf Club is 13.83 Miles away

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