BROUGHTON (GREAT-and-LITTLE), a township
in the parish of KIRKBY in CLEVELAND, western division
of the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the
county of YORK, 2 miles (S. E.) from Stokesley, containing
517 inhabitants. On the top of a mountain
near this place is a rude collection of large stones, one
of them in an erect position, which some have conjectured
to have been raised over the remains of a Danish
warrior.