# Broughton Mills

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Village in Cumbria, England

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Hamlet in England

Broughton Mills Hamlet The Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills Broughton Mills Location in South Lakeland Show map of the former South Lakeland district Broughton Mills Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria OS grid reference SD2290 Civil parish Broughton West Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite Unitary authority Westmorland and Furness Ceremonial county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS Postcode district LA20 Dialling code 01229 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament Barrow and Furness List of places UK England Cumbria 54°18′N 3°12′W / 54.30°N 03.20°W / 54.30; -03.20

**Broughton Mills** is a village in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England, located 2 miles (3.2 km) from the larger town of [Broughton-in-Furness](/source/Broughton-in-Furness). The village consists of about 40 households, a phonebox (non-functional), church and a pub called the [Blacksmiths Arms](/source/Blacksmiths_Arms%2C_Broughton_Mills).

## 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.[1] There was formerly a wool mill which later became a [bobbin](/source/Bobbin) mill, a corn mill and a flax mill built along the [River Lickle](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_Lickle&action=edit&redlink=1) along with quarries, mines, [bloomeries](/source/Bloomery), [charcoal burners](/source/Charcoal_burner), joiner's shop and a smithy, hatter, weaver and clogger.[1]

## See also

- [Cumbria portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Cumbria)

- [Listed buildings in Broughton West](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Broughton_West)

- [Listed buildings in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Davidson, Ian (2010). *More Like London Every Day*. Long House Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9556437-2-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9556437-2-9).

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