Broughton Mills
Hamlet
Broughton Mills is located in the former South Lakeland district
Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills
Location in South Lakeland
Broughton Mills is located in Cumbria
Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceSD2290
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Postcode districtLA20
Dialling code01229
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 3.5 kilometres from the larger town of Broughton-in-furness. The village consists of about 40 households, a phonebox (non-functional), church and a pub called the Blacksmiths Arms.

History

Broughton mills was formally the place where the people of Broughton-in-furness came to grind their corn, saw their timber, weave their cloth, malt their barley and burn lime.[1] There was formally a wool mill which later became a bobbin mill, a corn mill and a flax mill built along the River Lickle along with quarries, mines, bloomeries, charcoal burners, joiner's shop and a smithy, hatter, weaver and clogger.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Davidson, Ian (2010). More Like London Every Day. Long House Books. ISBN 978-0-9556437-2-9.

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