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The old railway station (now a private house). Railway line was on the far side of the wall and ran from Foxfield to Coniston. It was a great asset to the area when it was open with steam passenger, and goods trains, running throughout the day.
©David Jackson
This is taken from the old railway track, off Foxfield Road. See SD2087 for details of the church.
©Humphrey Bolton
This was called Old Street in 1888. Further up on the left a school was built c.1866 to accommodate 113 children; it was funded by public subscription, replacing a previous smaller school. The police station was just past the end of the lane to the church.
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The prosperity of the town in the 18C is illustrated by Broughton House, a wide three-storey building with a central portico. The owner was not a slave to symmetry as there are two ground floor windows on one side and only one on the other.
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This connects Church Street with The Square. The gates of Broughton Tower can be seen in the distance.
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The Obelisk of 1810 was erected for the Golden Jubilee of George III. According to the OS map of 1888-9 the building with the bay windows was then a bank.
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On the east side of the Square is the 18C Manor Arms, serving real ales. It has a rare 18C "basket" fireplace (one of only ten) which was designed to burn peat as well, as wood and coal.
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On the south side of the Square the Town Hall built in 1766, of seven bays originally with open arcading. The building houses the Information Centre and has a clock and a belfry. It is joined to its neighbours and cement rendered like them.
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Before the mid-18C, Broughton-in-Furness was a loose group of buildings strung out along the ancient coastal route, but after seeing in 1760 the new squares then being constructed in London, Gilpin Sawrey, the Lord of the Manor, made his own version. The square is lined by trees and surrounded by 18C buildings in terraces. The Obelisk of 1810 was erected for the Jubilee of George III. There are stone slabs for the display of fish etc in the market (no longer used).
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.1km<br/>An outdoor education centre. See http://www.kepplewray.org.uk/
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.2km<br/>A view of the little town on a frosty morning.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:0.2km<br/>A public park and recreation area managed by Duddon Parish Council.
©Rob Noble
Dist:0.2km<br/>Some lovely pubs in Broughton. Manor Inn in shot.
©Michael Graham
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.2km<br/>From the Cumbria Coastal Way on the track to Eccle Riggs
©Rob Noble

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