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The building was commissioned as a market hall by the lord of the manor, John Gilpin Sawrey, whose seat was at Broughton Tower c. 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to the northeast of the centre of the town. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building formed part of a grander scheme by Sawrey to lay out a market square for the town.
Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census. [ 1 ] It is located on the south western boundary of England's Lake District National Park , and in the Furness region, which was historically part of Lancashire .
In 1848 the Furness Railway extended its line from Barrow to Kirkby-in-Furness to nearby Broughton-in-Furness with the intention of serving local copper mines. Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the extension to Coniston was open less than two years later, in June 1859. [6]
Broughton West is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It contains 39 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Broughton West is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 954, [2] decreasing at the 2011 census to 912. [1] The parish includes the town of Broughton in Furness, the small village of Foxfield, and the hamlets of Bank End, Lower Hawthwaite and Broughton Mills ...
Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 2 miles (3.2 km) 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 .
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Foxfield is a village on the west coast of Cumbria, England, in the Furness district that was part of Lancashire from 1182 to 1974. It lies on the Duddon Estuary, just outside the Lake District National Park, around ten miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness and one mile out of Broughton-in-Furness. [1]