Church Broughton
| Church Broughton | |
|---|---|
 | |
| OS grid reference | SK206336 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE65 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
Church Broughton is a village and civil parish located in Derbyshire,ten miles to the west of Derby.[1] There is a church (Saint Michael and All Angels), a Methodist chapel (1828) and Church Broughton Primary School. Pupils from the school would then move on to John Port School in Etwall. Badway Green is a piece of common land within the parish.[2] It is an isolated village surrounded by farmland but is only 13.7 miles away from Derby, making it easy for residents to commute by a vehicle.
In the early 1870's, Church Borughton was described as:
- A parish in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby; 2½ miles NNE of Scropton r. station. It includes the hamlets of Sapperton and Harehill; and has a post office, of the name of Church-Broughton, under Derby. The church is ancient, and was recently repaired. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £30 a year, and charities £22.[3]
It had a population of 615 residents according to the 2011 census data.[4]
Church Broughton used to be part of the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).[5]
There are two cottages next to the church that date from 1711. The local primary school used to be a barn that was given by the Duke of Devonshire for school use in 1745. At the time, there were 60 houses in the village. The shop and the far end of Royal Oak Cottage were built around the early 1760's.[6]
The Enclosure Movement in Church Broughton
The Enclosure Movement occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries which made land that had been formerly owned in common by all members of a village, change into privately owned land. This entailed erecting walls, fences and hedges around new enclosed areas. The English government and aristocracy claimed it would allow for better raising of animals and crops, and that large fields could be farmed more productively than individual plots of the common land.[7] Negotiations started in 1758 for Church Broughton to be enclosed in 1775. Farmers within the village brought and sold land off each other, whereas the people who held little or no land but had been allowed to graze their animals on the common land were brought out by wealthier land owners, and the employed for labour.
388 acres were enclosed in 1775; the vicar held 84 acres and the church had 13, but the vicar also received Queen Anne's Bounty.[8]
References
- ^ Church Broughton at Genuki accessed 21 March, 2009
- ^ Commons Registration Act. Reference 208/U/90. 1982.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870-72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1st ed.). Church Broughton. Retrieved 25th February 2014.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Church Broughton: Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25th February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Church Broughton, Derbyshire". Politics and Government. GENUKI: UK and Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 27th February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Arthur, Janet. "A little about the 18th Century". Church Broughton: A Derbyshire village. Retrieved 27th February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund". The Enclosure Movement. Retrieved 27th February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Church Broughton: A Derbyshire Village". Enclosing the open fields. Retrieved 27th February 2014.
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External links
Media related to Church Broughton at Wikimedia Commons
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