Broughton
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU3032
otherwise: Burchton, 1173; Berchton, 1176; Bergeton, 1212; Bereweton, 1219; Borgheton, 1235
BROUGHTON
On balance, this seems to be hypothetical Old English 'Beorg(a)tun'='hill, barrow farm'. There are at least 5 barrows on the crest of Broughton Down and Broughton Hill overlooking the village in the valley of the Wallop Brook. The persistent 'u' spellings, which are also implicated in the modern name, must be put down either to dialect phonology or to confusion with the common name type 'Burton' < "burhtun". discounting the 1086 form "breston" forms with "br-" are first found from 1485. The modern spelling may also have been influenced by the adjacent HOUGHTON.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Thorngate Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Thorngate Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Broughton / ol Bridge or Brage
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, village - Hampshire
street map
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Thornegate Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Thornegate Hundred - Hantshire
otherwise: Brage
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Thornegate Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Brocton Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA REGIS ... Ipse Rex ten. BRESTONE . Rex E tenuit in d~nio ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Brocton Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
