Tour Scotland Photograph John Broughton Gravestone Alyth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the John W. Broughton gravestone in the old cemetery in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. Late Accountant in the Excise Office in Edinburgh, died 11th of May, 1854, aged 70. Broughton name is of English locational origin from any of the numerous places so called, for example Broughton in Buckinghamshire, Cumberland, Huntingdonshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, Hampshire etc.. The second element in all cases, derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century 'tun', a farm or settlement. The first element " Brough " may derive from any of three sources. Firstly the Olde English pre 7th Century " broc ", a brook or stream as found in Broughton, Huntingdonshire, recorded as Broctune in the Domesday Book of 1086, secondly " Burh ", a fortress the one in Shropshire, recorded as Burghton in the Hundred Rolls of 1255, is named with this element, and finally, Broughton in Hampshire, recorded as Berghton in 1239, derives its first element from the Olde English " beorg ", a hill or barrow. Richard Broughton, died 1634) wrote The Ecclesiastical in 1633. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard de Broghtone, witness, which was dated 1247 in The Fine Court Rolls of Oxfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 111, born 1216, died 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.



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