Boughton Aluph

Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph Boughton Aluph shown within Kent
Area	9.93 km² (3.83 sq mi)
Population	2,490 (Civil Parish 2011)^[1]
– density	251/km² (650/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR035485
Civil parish	Boughton Aluph
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN25
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Ashford
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Coordinates: 51°11′57″N 0°54′50″E / 51.1993°N 0.9138°E / 51.1993; 0.9138

Boughton Aluph (pronounced Bawton Alluf) is a village in the civil parish of Boughton Aluph in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England, and is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Ashford on the A2251 road. There are two villages within the parish: Boughton Aluph itself, and Boughton Lees.

The civil parish shares its council with the smaller locality of Eastwell.

The place-name 'Boughton Aluph' is first attested as 'Boltune' in the Domesday Book of 1086, as 'Boctune' in the related Domesday Monachorum, and as 'Botun Alou' in the Close Rolls of 1237. 'Boughton' means 'town or settlement where beeches grew'; the village was held by one Alulf in 1211-12, the name being a variant of the Old German 'Adalulf'.^[2]

Amenities

There are three places of worship:

All Saints' Church
Saint Christopher's Church (in Boughton Lees)
Boughton Baptist chapel.

Notable residents

Alfred Deller, CBE (1912–1979), professional singer and countertenor. He is also buried in the churchyard.
Matthew King (composer)

References

↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
↑ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, pp.54-5.

External links

Media related to Boughton Aluph at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and villages in the Borough of Ashford, Kent, England

Aldington Aldington Frith Anvil Green Appledore Appledore Heath Ashford Bagham Bethersden Biddenden Bilsington Bilting Bockhanger Bodsham Bonnington Boughton Aluph Boughton Corner Boughton Lees Brabourne Brabourne Lees Brattle Bromley Green Brook Challock Charing Chilham Chilmington Green Crundale Eastwell Ebony Egerton Godinton Godmersham Great Chart Hamstreet Hastingleigh High Halden Hothfield Kenardington Kennington Kingsnorth Leigh Green Little Chart Mersham Molash Newenden Newtown Orlestone Pluckley Reading Street Rolvenden Rolvenden Layne Ruckinge St Michaels Sevington Shadoxhurst Small Hythe Smarden Smeeth Stanhope Stone in Oxney Stubbs Cross Tenterden Warehorne Westwell Westwell Leacon Willesborough Wittersham Woodchurch Woolpack Corner Wye

List of places in Kent

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