Church Broughton

Coordinates: 52°54′00″N 1°41′38″W / 52.900°N 1.694°W / 52.900; -1.694

Church Broughton is a village and civil parish located in Derbyshire, ten miles to the west of Derby. 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. 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.

History

In the early 1870s, Church Broughton was described as:

Church Broughton used to be part of the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake). The nearest place to Church Broughton that is mentioned in the Doomesday book is Barton. It's only 0.6 km from the village and had a total population of "31 households (quite large)", "4 ploughlands (land for), 3 lord's plough teams, 7 men's plough teams" and "64 meadow acres, 2 mills and 1 church." The associated lords of different estates in this area in 1066 were Edric of Tissington,Alfheah of Barton,Dunning,Leodmer of Barton and Leofnoth Sterre.