Boughton, Norfolk

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.

Boughton
Parish church of All Saints
Boughton is located in Norfolk
Boughton
Boughton
Location within Norfolk
Area5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population227 (parish, 2011 census)
• Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF7002
• London97.7 miles (157.2 km)
Civil parish
  • Boughton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKING'S LYNN
Postcode districtPE33
Dialling code01366
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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
  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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