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Great Broughton
Great Broughton in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Great Broughton is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Great Broughton is a village in the Great and Little Broughton civil parish of the county of North Yorkshire in northern England. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Background
History
The village of Great Broughton and the hamlet of Little Broughton are listed (under their Latin names Magna Broctun and Parva Broctun) in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name "Broughton" is a common English placename, derived from Old English meaning "farmstead by a brook". The village was formerly part of the Parish of Kirkby, and was a part of the wapentake and liberty of Langbaurgh. and jet mining.
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- Coordinates
- 54.4494, -1.1576
Sources
- wikidata: Q5598911 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Broughton, North Yorkshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Broughton?
- Great Broughton is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4494°, -1.1576°.