Broughton Mills

{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{infobox UK place | type = Hamlet | country = England | static_image = The Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills - geograph.org.uk - 127271.jpg | static_image_caption = The [[Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills]] | coordinates = {{coord|54.30|-03.20|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Broughton Mills | population = | civil_parish = [[Broughton West]] | civil_parish1 = [[Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite]] |unitary_england = [[Westmorland and Furness]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]] | metropolitan_borough = | metropolitan_county = | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] | post_town = BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS | postcode_district = LA20 | postcode_area = LA | dial_code = 01229 | os_grid_reference = SD2290 | pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland }}

'''Broughton Mills''' is a village in [[Cumbria]], England, located {{convert|2|mi|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, Broughton Mills|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=More Like London Every Day|last=Davidson|first=Ian|publisher=Long House Books|year=2010|isbn=978-0-9556437-2-9}}</ref> 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, [[Bloomery|bloomeries]], [[charcoal burner]]s, joiner's shop and a smithy, hatter, weaver and clogger.<ref name=":0" />

==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[[Listed buildings in Broughton West]] *[[Listed buildings in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite]]

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Broughton Mills}}

[[Category:Villages in Cumbria]] [[Category:Westmorland and Furness]]