Broughton

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/bɹɔːtən/

proper noun

A suburb and civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8939).

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

proper nounBroughton (countable and uncountable, plural Broughtons)

plural Broughtons

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeorg“mountain, hill”
  2. EnglishBroughton

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

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APA

Broughton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broughton

MLA

“Broughton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broughton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Broughton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broughton.

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