Description
Broughton-Astley, a township and a parish in Leicestershire. The township lies on the M.R., near the Fosse Way, 5 1/2 miles N by W of Lutterworth, and has a station on the railway. The parish contains also the hamlets of Primethorpe and Sutton-in-the Elms, and has a post office under Rugby, which is the telegraph office; money order office, Primethorpe. Area of the civil parish, 2472 acres; population, 785 ; of the ecclesiastical, 773. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough ; net yearly value, £600 with residence. The church is a large ancient building of stone, chiefly in the Early English and Decorated styles. It was restored in 1882. There is a Particular Baptist chapel at Sutton.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
