BROUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of HURSTINGSTONE, county of HUNTINGDON, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Huntingdon, containing 351 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at' £21. 13. 9., and in the patronage of the Rev. Thomas Johnstone. The church is dedicated to All Saints.