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Great Broughton is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire in northern England. It is located south of Stokesley, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park and the Cleveland Hills. Together with the adjacent village of Little Broughton, it forms a civil parish within Hambleton. The two villages are listed (under their Latin names ''Magna Broctun'' and ''Parva Broctun'') in the ''Domesday book'' of 1086.〔("about the parish" ), Great and Little Broughton Parish Council, Hambleton Council Website〕 The name "Broughton" is a common English placename, derived from Old English meaning "farmstead by a brook".〔''Oxford Dictionary of British Placenames'', ed. A.D.Mills, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9〕 The village is overlooked by the Wainstones, a rocky outcrop popular with climbers,〔("Wainstones", Climb Online climbing details )〕 and lies on the Cleveland Way. Broughton Beck flows northward through the village, joining the River Leven, a tributary of the Tees, at Stokesley. The B1257 road, which runs north to Stokesley and south over the moors to Helmsley, is a popular scenic drive;〔("Great drives: The B1257 from Helmsley and back through Whitby" ), Phil Llewellin, ''Daily Telegraph'', 16 January 2001〕 its popularity with motorcyclists has led to opposition from locals.〔("Village bid to halt speeding bikers" ). ''The Press'', Wednesday 8 October 2003〕〔("BMF warns on action against bikers" ), British Motorcyclists Federation press release, 7 May 2004〕 Great Broughton is east of Kirkby in Cleveland, and was formerly part of the Parish of Kirkby.〔("Broughton, (Great and Little)" ), entry in ''History, Directory, and Gazeteer of the County of York'' (vol 2), Edward Banes, Hurst and Robinson, 1823〕 It was a part of the wapentake and liberty of Langbaurgh.〔 The economy of the village was formerly dependent on agriculture, textiles,〔("Broughton, Great and Little" ), pp. 409-412 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', Samuel Lewis (editor), 1848〕 and jet mining〔 but now the village relies on tourists visiting the moors and functions as a dormitory settlement for Teesside and North Yorkshire. The 2001 census put the population of the parish at 950, with the council estimating 940 inhabitants c.2005.〔(Hambleton Parish Population Estimates 2001 - 2005 ), Hambleton District Council website.〕 By the time of the 2011 Census the population had increased to 990. ==Governance== Broughton and Greenhow is an electoral ward covering the area including surrounding parishes. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 1,669.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward population 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Broughton, North Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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