Great Broughton, North Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°26′58″N 1°09′27″W / 54.4494°N 1.15757°W / 54.4494; -1.15757
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Great Broughton is a village in the Great and Little Broughton civil parish of the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire in northern England.

History

The village of Great Broughton and the hamlet of Little Broughton are listed (under their

Langbaurgh.[4]

The economy of the village was formerly dependent on agriculture, textiles,

jet mining.[2][6]

Geography

Great Broughton is 11 miles (17 km) south of Middlesbrough centre, 13 miles (20 km) north-east from the

North York Moors National Park and the Cleveland Hills. It is 2 miles (3 km) south from the market town of Stokesley and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east from the village of Kirkby in Cleveland
. Together with the hamlet of Little Broughton to the east, it forms part of a civil parish within the district of Hambleton.

The village is overlooked by the Wainstones, a rocky outcrop 2 miles (3 km) to the south,

B1257 road, which runs north to Stokesley and south over the moors to Helmsley, is a 'scenic drive';[8] its popularity with motorcyclists has led to local opposition.[9][failed verification][10][failed verification
]

Community

Shop and post office

Broughton and Greenhow is an

2001 census put the population of the parish at 950, with the council estimating 940 inhabitants c.2005.[12] By the time of the 2011 Census the population had increased to 990.[1]

The village relies on tourists visiting the moors and functions as a

public houses, The Jet Miners and The Bay Horse, a hotel, a guest house, a shop with post office, a Methodist church, a village hall and a children's playground. The nearest primary school is Kirkby and Great Broughton C of E Voluntary aided School to the west of the village.[13][14]

Great Broughton falls within the

ANPR cameras operated by North Yorkshire Police, monitoring vehicular movements through the village.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^
    Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "About the Parish - Great and Little Broughton", Great and Little Broughton Parish Council, Hambleton Council website
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
  4. ^ a b "Broughton, (Great and Little)", entry in History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County of York (vol 2), Edward Banes, Hurst and Robinson, 1823
  5. ^ "Broughton, Great and Little", pp. 409–412 A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis (editor), 1848
  6. Northern Echo
    , 20 March 2009, Retrieved 27 February 2019
  7. ^ "Wainstones", Climb Online climbing details
  8. Daily Telegraph
    , 16 January 2001
  9. ^ "Village bid to halt speeding bikers". The Press, Wednesday 8 October 2003
  10. ^ "BMF warns on action against bikers" Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, British Motorcyclists Federation press release, 7 May 2004
  11. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. ^ Hambleton Parish Population Estimates 2001 – 2005 Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Hambleton District Council website.
  13. ^ "Post Office Limited, Great Broughton", Cylex-UK. Retrieved 27 February 2019
  14. ^ "Great Broughton", Google Maps (2019). Retrieved 27 February 2019

External links

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