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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Broughton Mills

Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 2 miles (3.2 km) 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.

History

Broughton Mills was formerly 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. There was formerly 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Davidson, Ian (2010). More Like London Every Day. Long House Books. ISBN 978-0-9556437-2-9.

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