Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 3.5 kilometres 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.
Broughton Mills | |
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The Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills | |
Broughton Mills Location in South Lakeland Broughton Mills Location within Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | SD2290 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS |
Postcode district | LA20 |
Dialling code | 01229 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
History
Broughton mills was formally the place where the people of Broughton-in-furness came to grind their corn, saw their timber, weave their cloth, malt their barley and burn lime.[1] There was formally a wool mill which later became a bobbin mill, a corn mill and a flax mill built along the River Lickle along with quarries, mines, bloomeries, charcoal burners, joiner's shop and a smithy, hatter, weaver and clogger.[1]
References
- Davidson, Ian (2010). More Like London Every Day. Long House Books. ISBN 978-0-9556437-2-9.
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