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| Boughton Aluph | |
 Boughton Aluph Boughton Aluph shown within Kent | |
| Area | |
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| Population | 2,490 (Civil Parish)[1] |
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| 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 |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Boughton Aluph (pronounced Bawton Alluf) is a village in the civil parish of Boughton 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- Notes on the parish
- All Saints' church
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