As a settlement New Broughton didn’t exist until about 1883 and takes it’s name from the adjacent colliery sunk in 1883, labelled ‘New’ to distinguish it from the ‘Old’ Broughton (Broughton Hall) colliery sunk in 1835 by John Pearce and Richard Gough who also had the Southsea Colliery and Broughton Forge.
Growth of the village was flagged by Nonconformist chapels, school and station. Y Cysegr (“The Sanctuary”) or Bottom Chapel was opened on a site donated by the B&PPCC. On the south side of the crossroads stood Soar Chapel (Welsh Wesleyan) opened in 1894 and extended in 1904, it was demolished in about 1998 and a small block of flats now stands in it’s place. The English methodists had their chapel opposite.
In 1905 the GCR opened New Broughton Road Halt, a single platform
