Place:Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England

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NameBroughton Astley
Alt namesBroctonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Brohtonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Brosstonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Brostonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Broughton-Astleysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.533°N 1.233°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoGuthlaxton Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the south of Leicestershire, about east of Hinckley, about from the centre of Leicester, and about 14 miles from Coventry. The parish borders the Blaby district to the north, as well as sharing borders with the parishes of Cosby, Leire, and Dunton Bassett. The population of the civil parish (which includes Sutton in the Elms) at the time of the 2011 census was 8,940. A tributary of the River Soar runs through it.

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