Broughton, Oxfordshire

Broughton, Oxfordshire

Broughton is a village and civil parish in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305. The village is situated about 2½ miles south-west of Banbury, the local market town. The nearby historic site, Broughton Castle, the fourteenth- to sixteenth-century seat of Baron Saye and Sele, representing the Fiennes family, has been used as a film location, and is famous for such movies as "Shakespeare in Love" and "Three Men and a Little Lady", whilst the titles of "Noel's House Party" were also filmed at Broughton Castle.


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