Broughton, North Riding

Description
Broughton, a township in Appleton-le-Street parish, in the N. R. Yorkshire, 2 miles NW of Malton, which is the post town. Acreage, 866; population, 97. An hospital was founded here in the reign of Stephen by Eustace St John.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5