Broughton, Aylesbury

Broughton
Broughton lock, Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
Bridge No 13, Broughton, Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
Broughton
Broughton shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP8413
Civil parish	Bierton with Broughton
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AYLESBURY
Postcode district	HP20, HP22
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Buckingham
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°49′01″N 0°46′30″W / 51.816896°N 0.775106°W / 51.816896; -0.775106Coordinates: 51°49′01″N 0°46′30″W / 51.816896°N 0.775106°W / 51.816896; -0.775106

Broughton /ˈbrɔːtən/ is a hamlet to the east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England and together with Bierton and other neighbouring hamlets forms part of the civil parish of Bierton with Broughton . Broughton is also the name of a nearby housing estate in Aylesbury itself.

Early recordings of Broughton are:
- the Domesday Book where it appears as "22 households (quite large)"
- as being part of the manor of Bierton in the late 13th century. The hamlet name is Anglo-Saxon and means farm by a brook. The brook in this case is the Bearbrook that rises near Bedgrove, flows through Broughton then back into Aylesbury before joining the River Thame near Quarrendon.

In the 1840s, a new branch railway was constructed linking Aylesbury to the Midlands that crossed the road that linked Broughton with Bierton. A public house and signalmen's cottages were constructed at the level crossing and the area became known as Broughton Crossing. Today, this is considered a separate hamlet from Broughton itself.

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