Broughton (Scottish Borders)

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Broughton
Street train in Broughton
Street train in Broughton
Coordinates 55 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 25 ′  W
Broughton (Scotland)
Broughton
Broughton
administration
Post town BIGGAR
ZIP code section ML12
prefix 01899
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scottish Parliament Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Broughton is a village in the west of the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Peeblesshire . It is located about seven kilometers east of Biggar and 13 kilometers southwest of Peebles on the southern edge of the Broughton Heights group of hills . Biggar Water flows through Broughton and flows southeast of the village into the upper reaches of the Tweed .

history

Traces of early historical settlement can be found in the immediate vicinity of Broughton. The remains of several hill forts surround the village, of which Dreva Fort is one of the most important.

Broughton may have been an early Christian site as early as the 7th century. The oldest fragments of the ruinous, Grade II listed Broughton Old Parish Church are believed to date from the 12th century.

The Tower House Hill House was once located between Broughton and Peebles . Stobo Castle was built on this site in the early 19th century . With Mossfennan House , Rachan House and Broughton Place there were three mansions in the area. The confidante of the Scottish pretender to the throne Charles Edward Stuart , John Murray of Broughton , lived in Broughton House, which burned down in 1773. The villa of the same name today was built between 1935 and 1938 for the physician Thomas Renton Elliott .

Between 1961 and 1971, Broughton's population rose from 154 to 182.

traffic

The A701 ( Edinburgh - Dumfries ) is Broughton's main thoroughfare. It connects the village in the north to the A72 ( Hamilton - Galashiels ). The B7016 coming from Forth joins Broughton .

In 1860 Broughton got its own station on the newly established Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway , which was later integrated into the Caledonian Railway . In the 1960s the route was abandoned.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ a b Broughton, Kilbucho, and Glenholm : FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Publishing Works Grange, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
  3. ↑ Entry on Old Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  7. ^ Information on Broughton Railway Station

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