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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.

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Broughton Mills
Hamlet
The Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills
Broughton Mills Location in South Lakeland Show map of South Lakeland Broughton Mills Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD2290
Civil parish	Broughton West
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
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	Barrow and Furness
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.30°N 03.20°W / 54.30; -03.20

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]

See also

• Listed buildings in Broughton West
• Listed buildings in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite

References

External links

Media related to Broughton Mills at Wikimedia Commons

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