Broughton East

Broughton East is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 173 but in the 2011 census the parish had a population of 196.[1] The parish includes the village of Field Broughton and the hamlet of Green Bank at grid reference SD379803.[2] 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.[3]

Broughton East Ordnance Survey Map

Broughton East
Longlands Tower
Broughton East Location within Cumbria
Population	196 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD3881
Civil parish	Broughton East
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode district	LA11
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale

History

Until the 18th Century the area which Broughton East is situated was known as Broughton which was under the control of a family that lived in the Manor of Cartmel. The parish was mainly made up of small farms who were tenants of the Manor of Cartmel and they would pay rent to the family. Records of some of the money collecting from the villagers show that oats and barley were grown by the villagers as William Mokeld took note of what he included around 1508-9 which was “a rent of 19d. each term, paying 15d. for service and 20d for ingress, with 1d. and a hen and a half for tithe hay and 9 bushels of oats and 6 pecks of barley for tithe corn”.[4]

In the 1870s, Broughton East was described as:

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.[5]

St Peter's Church

One of the most noticeable developments of the town was the building of St Peter's church in 1894.[6] The building was made of red sandstone and was built for £3,000.

Population

The area of Broughton East has always had a generally small population with most people being farmers but the population was 534 by the 1870s and was nearly 1800 in 1890. In 1881 the parish had maintained a part of the population involved in agriculture with over 50 people being involved in it, a large number of people however, especially females worked in domestic service with over 200 females and 50 males.[7]

Occupations of Broughton East Citizens in 1881

There was boundary changes in the early 1900s which changed to size of the parish leaving the parish with a population of around 200 which has stay constant since. The modern day parish is very different in terms of occupations compared with 1881 though. Only 103 residents, just over half the population were in employment as of 2011. Most of these jobs are in professional and managerial positions which together make up half the working population.

Total population of Broughton East Civil Parish, Cumbria, as reported by the Census of Population from 1881 to 2011.

See also

• Listed buildings in Broughton East

References

1. "Broughton East (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
2. Old Cumbria Gazetteer, Geography Department, Portsmouth University
3. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198691033.
4. Mills, Nigel. "Village Histories - Field Broughton". Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
5. Wilson, John Marius (1870). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
6. "St Peter, Field Broughton". Church of England. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
7. "Broughton East, Occupation, 2011". Office for National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2015.