Boughton, Norfolk

Boughton
Boughton
	Parish church of All Saints
	Boughton Location within Norfolk
Area	5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population	227 (parish, 2011 census)
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF7002
• London	97.7 miles (157.2 km)
Civil parish	Boughton;
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE33
Dialling code	01366
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°35′20″N 0°30′39″E / 52.58884°N 0.51095°E

Boughton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.^[1] The village is 44.4 miles (71.5 km) west of Norwich, 15.1 miles (24.3 km) south-south-east of King's Lynn and 97.7 miles (157.2 km) north-east of London. The nearest town is Downham Market which is 7.3 miles (11.7 km) west of the village.

History

Boughton derives from the Anglo-Saxon meaning 'Bucca's' farmstead.^[2]

In the Domesday Book, Boughton was a settlement of 24 households and was divided between Reginald, son of Ivo and Ralph Baynard.^[3]

Transport

The village is north of the route A134 which links King's Lynn to Colchester.^[4] The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport, although unusually for a village of this size, it has two separate airstrips, Boughton North and Boughton South. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Notable residents

John Young Stratton (1829/30 – 1905): author, essayist, social reformer and campaigner against rural poverty.
John Ashworth, clergyman Dean of Trinidad from 1948 to 1954

War memorial

Boughton's war memorial is located in All Saints' Churchyard and takes the form of a stone cross.^[5]

Private Walter W. Veal (d.1918), 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Private Frederick Veal (d.1918), 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private James W. Rix (1888–1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
John Bray
George Seymour

References

^ OS Explorer Map 236 (2006) – King’s Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-23808-3
^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Boughton
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TF7002/boughton/
^ (2008). Norfolk County Atlas (A-Z Street Atlas). Sevenoaks: Geographers A-Z Map Company.
^ War Memorials Online. (2016). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235903/

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[1] OS Explorer Map 236 (2006) – King’s Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-23808-3

[2] University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Boughton

[3] Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TF7002/boughton/

[4] (2008). Norfolk County Atlas (A-Z Street Atlas). Sevenoaks: Geographers A-Z Map Company.

[5] War Memorials Online. (2016). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235903/

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