Monument in the Market Place
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Monument in the Market Place
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 19 Aug 2025
Erected to commemorate the golden jubilee of King George III in 1820. Stocks for local miscreants in front of the column. Broughton has the air of a small market town which has declined in importance, and is now no more than an attractive village of just under 600 people.
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Image Location
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54.277594
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-3.210783