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Boughton Aluph

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OS grid reference
  
TR035485

Region
  
South East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Friday 1:30 AM

District
  
Borough of Ashford

UK parliament constituency
  
Ashford

Civil parish
  
Boughton Aluph

Country
  
England

Area
  
9.93 km²

Shire county
  
Kent

Dialling code
  
01233

Boughton Aluph

Population
  
2,490 (Civil Parish 2011)

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 94% Humidity

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.

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Map of Boughton Aluph, UK

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'.

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

    Boughton Aluph Wikipedia
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