Broughton, Lincolnshire

Description
Broughton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on Ermine Street, probably on the site of a Roman station, near the river Ancholme, 3 miles NW of Glanford Brigg, and 3 1/2 N of Scawby station on the M.S. & L.R., and has a post and telegraph office under Brigg; money order office, Scawby. The parish includes also the township of Castlethorpe, and the hamlets of Manby and Gokewell. Acreage, 7073 ; population, 1257. A nunnery was founded here in 1185 by William de Alta Ripa. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £940 with residence. The church is an ancient edifice in mixed styles, and contains some interesting brasses and monuments. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.