Boughton Aluph (pronounced ''Bawton Alluf'') is a village and

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in the

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, England, and is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Ashford on the A251 road. There are two villages within the parish: Boughton Aluph itself, and Boughton Lees. Boughton Corner is a small hamlet within the parish, further east on the A28 road. The civil parish

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its council with the smaller locality of Eastwell. It also contains part of urban Ashford at the southwest end which has increased the parish’s population since the millennium. The place-name 'Boughton Aluph' is first attested as 'Boltune' in the

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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'.Eilert Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', pp.54-5.

Amenities

There are three places of worship: * All Saints' Church * Saint Christopher's Church (in Boughton Lees) *Boughton

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chapel.

Notable residents

*Rear Admiral Derek Anthony MBE *

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(1912–1979), professional singer and

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. He is buried in the churchyard. * Matthew King (composer)

References

External links

Notes on the parish

All Saints' church

Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish of Boughton Aluph and Eastwell
{{authority control Villages in Kent Civil parishes in Kent Borough of Ashford