Excerpt from History of the Barony of Broughton: Now the New Town of Edinburgh, Etc The History of the Barony and Burgh of Regality of Broughton - the site of its ancient village or toun, and a great portion of the lands being now comprised within and known as Broughton Ward, the second ward or district of the municipality of the city of Edinburgh - is interesting, not only from its antiquity, but from many of its Barons or Superiors having occupied high offices and taken prominent positions in the administration of the affairs of their country. The village of Broughton was likewise the arena where many unfortunate persons were convicted and burnt for practising what was then termed the crime of Witchcraft. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.