SOUTH DERBYSHIRE PARISH #2: CHURCH BROUGHTON

It was still raining in Derbyshire but my spirits were still high. Welcome to Church Broughton, which was originally simply as Broughton. Here we are around 14 miles to the west of Derby

This is a lovely little village laid out in a circular fashion, with plenty of cul de sacs radiating from its central loop. This village has links to the Dukes of Devonshire and possesses RAF history too

The earliest written document relating to this area is the Domesday Book. In this part of Derbyshire at that time, Barton and Scropton were the largest villages, both with churches.

Broughton was about half their size, but it had no mill or church. However that was soon to change and now the church forms part of the village’s name

Church Broughton was an important place during the civil war. It lay between the Royalist stronghold of Tutbury Castle and that of the Parliamentarians at Barton Blount.

A canonball was found some years ago in garden of the Vicarage here, but noone knows if it had been used in the civil war. Cromwell House Farm though derives its name from those times

The modern village sports a school, a pub, a little park with a playground and plenty of historic buildings. To the Northwest is Sapperton, a hamlet with some equally majestic buildings

Another fun one in the rain, let's try dodging the spots folks!

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Broughton Heath Golf Club:
https://www.golfpass.com/traveladvis...

Church Broughton History:
https://www.churchbroughton.com/villa...

Sapperton Manor:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

Sapperton Park:
  / sappertonpark  

Old Hall:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

The Etchells:
https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monumen...

War memorial tablet:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item...

Demographics:
https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastm...

Zoopla:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/houseprices...

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