There were two Mapley families in Broughton, according to the Censuses 1800's-1860's. Thomas Mapley, born in Newport Pagnell in 1797 to John Mapley and Kitty Allbright, married Elizabeth Nightingale in Holcota in 1814 and moved to Broughton shortly thereafter. His children were born there up to 1821 when the famuly moved to Woburn.

Thomas Henry Mapley, born in Newport Pagnell in 1884 to Thomas Henry Mapley and Jane Brooks, married Emily Butcher in Broughton in 1906 and moved to Newport Pagnell shortly thereafter.

Broughton's name is Old English and meant 'brook farm'. In the Domesday Book, it is listed as owned by a Walter Giffard and the tenant was a Hugh de Bolbec. In the 6th century, its name was spelt Brotone.The Northampton to London turnpike came through the village and joined Watling Street, now the A5 road, at Hockcliffe. The A50, London Road, the original route through the centre of the old village, was bypassed in the early 1970s.

In 1798 the Posse Comitatus listed 34 men between the ages of 16 and 60 in Broughton.

St Lawrence Church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1849 a series of medieval wall paintings were discovered that had been covered in plaster for 300 years.

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1st. Broughton Generation

Thomas Mapley (1797 - ) m. Elizabeth Nightingale (1792 - ) in 1814

• Mary Ann Mapley (1816 -)
• Eliza Mapley (1818 -)
• George Mapley (1820 - )
• Elizabeth Mapley (1822)
• John Mapley (1823)
• Emma Mapley (1824)
• Amelia Mapley (1824)