Broughton was first recorded as being part of the manor of Bierton in the late 13th century. The hamlet name is Anglo-Saxon and means farm by a brook. The brook in this case is the Bearbrook that rises near Bedgrove, flows through Broughton then back into Aylesbury before joining the River Thame near Quarrendon.
In the 1840s a new branch railway was constructed linking Aylesbury to the Midlands that crossed the road that linked Broughton with Bierton. A public house and signalmen's cottages were constructed at the level crossing and the area became known as Broughton Crossing. Today this is considered a separate hamlet from Broughton itself.
In the 1960s British housing boom land that belonged to the parish of Bierton was sold to developers and the housing estate of Broughton was constructed. The estate is what many local people immediately think of when they hear the word 'Broughton' as it is a very popular estate on which to live. All that separates Broughton hamlet from Broughton estate today is the brook from which the hamlet first took its name.
In the 2001census the population of Broughton housing estate was 5,802 people.
This parish is situated north of Aylesbury, being bounded, on the north, by Aston-Abbots and Hulcot; on the east, by the latter and Drayton-Beauchamp; on the south, by a very small insulated portion of Wendover; on the remainder of the south, by Aylesbury; and on the west, by Aylesbury and Hardwicke."
Biertonparish lies in the Vale of Aylesbury, to the north-east of Aylesburyparish.
The Aylesbury branch of the London and North-Western Railway crosses the parish, and the nearest station is at Aylesbury.
In the County of Chester, the Broughtons descend in the male line from Hugh de Vernon, baron of Shipbroke at the time of the Norman Conquest, whose son, Richard de Vernon was father of Adam de Napton, county Warwick, whose issue assumed their local name from Broughton in Staffordshire.
In the county of Buckingham, at the time of the Domesday survey (1086), the principal manor of Broughton was held by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and cousin of William the Conqueror.
The name Broughton continued to be prominent among the knights and sheriffs of England for three or four centuries.
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