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The
village of Broughton lies off the main A43 Kettering to Northampton
Road, three miles South-West of Kettering (having been bypassed in
1984).
The
building of a new estate of about 150
houses and the integration of the sub - parish of Little Cransley
brought the population in (2001) to about 2069.
In 1999 the Register Canvas showed that there were 897 households
within the parish.
The
village has a long history going back to the Anglo-Saxon times, if
not earlier, as the suffix "ton" means a
settlement originating in the Dark Ages. In the 1086 Domesday Book,
Broughton is referred to as "Burtone" belonging to the
Countess Judith, a relative of William the Conqueror, and was inhabited
by three freemen, four villains and five smallholders.
Minor
earth works on both sides of Gate Lane (below Manor Farm) suggest the
Medieval village lay to the north of the Church, alongside the small
stream which ran though the centre of the settlement which have now all
but disappeared Apart from the Church, no buildings have survived
from the Middle Ages, but succeeding Centuries are well
represented
Broughton
still Preserves an ancient custom, which may or may not be unique, that
of the Tin Can Band which takes place annually in December. |
Broughton 