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Broughton Castle was built as a fortified manor house by Sir John de Broughton in the 14th century.

Broughton is probably best known for its moated manor house, Broughton Castle, built in 1300 for Sir John de Broughton.

Broughton Castle was built as a fortified manor house by Sir John de Broughton in the 14th century.

This castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

The castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; the battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

At the corner of the B4025 and the entrance road to Broughton Castle, we see the Saye & Sele Arms advertising Chesham & Brackley Breweries Ltd.

Endowed in the 16th century, the free Broughton Grammar School also took children from Barton and Haighton.

The obelisk seen in photograph No 33256 had been replaced by the Market Cross before the 1950s, and Broughton's shop was rebuilt in 1904; it is now the Trattoria Sorrento.

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town.

A pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town.

The fine modern houses are a world away from the ancient stocks outside Broughton churchyard, 18th-century Toll Bar Cottage, Pinfold Cottage or the smithy where the Mercer family used to shoe horses.

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town.

The Preston by-pass opened in 1959, and the motorway from junction 32 near Broughton to junction 33 at Hampson Green opened six years later.

As usual in those days, the village had its shop, and Brant Broughton also had its own petrol station, just the one pump selling Esso petrol.

The village has been given a sweeping bypass, Broughton Way, on its north side, reducing the volume of traffic negotiating Main Street and the area around St Mary's Church and Old Mill

James Murray of Broughton established it in the 1760s as the estate village for Cally, his country house.

As usual in those days, the village had its shop, and Brant Broughton also had its own petrol station, just the one pump selling Esso petrol.

The village has been given a sweeping bypass, Broughton Way, on its north side, reducing the volume of traffic negotiating Main Street and the area around St Mary's Church and Old Mill

The Preston by-pass opened in 1959, and the motorway from junction 32 near Broughton to junction 33 at Hampson Green opened six years later.

The horse-drawn tram system terminated here, but a walk of a few yards brought one to the steam-engine-driven Cavehill & Whitewell Company's trams.

It was along this road that the body of King Edward I's wife, Eleanor, was brought on its journey from Lincoln to London.

Even half a century ago the relatively safe bathing at Lepe brought in thousands of tourists and the car parks were soon full on hot summer days.

Looking west towards Pidley cum Fenton, we see Somersham before the start of the building programme which has brought an industrial estate and several large housing developments.

Brinklow was one of 400 new towns deliberately created between 1066 and 1349, when the Black Death brought an end to the practice.