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Broughton

//bɹɔːtən// name

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  1. 1
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A suburb and civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8939). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Broughton Hamlet parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8413). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2877). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, which includes Great Broughton and Little Broughton. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; An area in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, comprising Broughton Park, Higher Broughton and Lower Broughton. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3032). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5235). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9609). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8375). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9451). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7673). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4238). countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO8091). countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7633). countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; An inner northern suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2574). countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small settlement on Westray, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY4448). countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Peeblesshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1136). countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A large village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3363). countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Wick community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9271). countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A community (civil parish) in Wrexham borough, Wales, that includes New Broughton and Pentre Broughton. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A place in the United States:; A village in Mayberry Township, Hamilton County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A place in the United States:; A village in Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in South Park Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A ghost town in the Regional Municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A village in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    A place in Australia:; A rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A place in Australia:; A locality in the Shire of West Wimmera and Shire of Hindmarsh, Victoria. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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