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BROUGHTON (Nether), a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the verge of the county, near the Fosse way and the Grantham canal, 6 miles NW by N of Melton-Mowbray r. station. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2,110. Real property, £4,296. Pop., 519. Houses, 107. The property is divided among a few. Broughton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £397.* Patron, alternately the Hon. P. P. Bouverie and the Rev. W. H. Sawyer. The church has an embattled pinnacled tower, and is very good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £17.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Nether Broughton Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BROUGHTON | BROUGHTON NETHER | NETHER BROUGHTON |
| Place: | Nether Broughton |
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