Church Broughton facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Church Broughton |
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 Church Broughton parish highlighted within Derbyshire |
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| Population | 615 (Including Harehill. 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK206336 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE65 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Church Broughton is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It's about 13.7 miles west of the city of Derby. The village has an old church called Saint Michael and All Angels and a Methodist chapel built in 1828. Badway Green is a piece of shared land within the parish. Church Broughton is a quiet village surrounded by farms.
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History of Church Broughton
In the early 1870s, Church Broughton was described as a parish near Burton-upon-Trent. It included smaller areas called Sapperton and Harehill. The village had its own post office. The church was very old and had recently been fixed up. There was also a Primitive Methodist chapel and a school that received money to help it run.
Church Broughton was once part of an ancient area known as the Appletree Hundred. The closest place mentioned in the Domesday Book (a famous survey from 1086) is Barton Blount, which is only about 0.6 kilometers away. Barton was a fairly large settlement with 31 households, land for farming, meadows, two mills, and a church.
Some cottages next to the church were built in 1711. The local primary school building used to be a barn. The Duke of Devonshire gave it for school use in 1745. At that time, there were 60 houses in the village. The village shop and part of Royal Oak Cottage were built around the early 1760s.
The Enclosure Movement
During the 1700s and 1800s, a big change happened in England called the Enclosure movement. Before this, villagers often shared large areas of land for farming or grazing animals. But with enclosure, these shared lands became private property. People built walls, fences, and hedges around their new private fields.
The government and wealthy landowners said this would help them raise animals and grow crops better. They believed large, private fields could be farmed more efficiently.
In Church Broughton, discussions about enclosure started in 1758, and the changes officially happened in 1775. Farmers bought and sold land from each other. People who owned little or no land, but used to graze their animals on the common land, were paid by richer landowners. They then often became paid workers on the new private farms.
About 388 acres of land were enclosed in 1775. The local vicar (a church leader) received 84 acres, and the church itself had 13 acres.
The former RAF Church Broughton air base is also located nearby.
Population Changes
The number of people living in Church Broughton has changed a lot over the years. There were big increases in population around the 1850s. Then, in the early 1950s, the population suddenly dropped. Since then, the number of residents has grown again and continues to increase today.
Church Broughton Today
According to the 2011 census, Church Broughton and Broughton Heath together have 615 residents.
Broughton Heath Golf Club is about 1.4 miles southeast of Church Broughton. It covers 42 acres of land. The golf club was started in 1998 and is known for having one of the longest 18-hole par 3 golf courses in the country.
Transport
There is a local bus service that connects Boylestone, Church Broughton, and Scropton to John Port Spencer Academy in Etwall. This bus runs only during school term times. Most students from Church Broughton Primary School usually go on to John Port School for their secondary education.
The closest train station to Church Broughton is Tutbury and Hatton. It's about 1.57 miles away if you measure in a straight line.
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This graph shows 14 different jobs that both men and women had in 1881.
