BROUGHTON (EAST), a chapelry in the parish
of CARTMEL, hundred of LONSDALE, north of the
sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 2 miles (N. by E.)
from Cartmel, containing 381 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200 private
benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary
grant/and in the patronage of Lord G. Caven-
dish. The chapel, which was consecrated in 1745, ia
dedicated to St. Peter.