Broughton, Oxfordshire

Description
Broughton, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Cherwell, 2 1/2 miles SW by W of Banbury station on the G.W. and L. & N.W.R. The parish includes also the township of North Newington, and has a post office under Banbury, which is the money order and telegraph office. Area of Broughton, 975 acres; population, 164; area of North Newington, 1108 acres; population, 375; population of the ecclesiastical parish of Broughton, with North Newington, 539. The manor belonged to the De Broughtons, passed to the Wykehams and the Fiennses, and belongs now to Lord Saye and Sele. Broughton Castle, the mansion of the manor, stands on low ground, engirt by a wide moat, and defended by a tower, comprises structures of the 14th, the 15th, and the 16th centuries, built by respectively the De Broughtons, the Wykehams, and the Fiennses, shows marks of injuries sustained during the Civil War, includes apartments where the death of Charles I. was decided on, and where Cromwell's officers were quartered before the battle of Edgehill, and contains some interesting pictures, old arms, and curious works of art. The living is a rectory, with North Newington, in the diocese of Oxford; gross yearly value, £740 with residence. The church is of the 14th century, with tower and spire, and contains some very fine monuments. There is a Congregational chapel at North Newington, and an endowed school with £50 a year.