Boughton Aluph

Boughton Aluph
Brewhouse Lane, Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph is located in Kent
Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph
Location within Kent
Area9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population2,490 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density251/km2 (650/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTR035485
Civil parish
  • Boughton Aluph
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAshford
Postcode districtTN25
Dialling code01233
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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UK
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Kent
51°11′50″N 0°54′36″E / 51.19722°N 0.91000°E / 51.19722; 0.91000

Boughton Aluph (pronounced Bawton Alluf) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, 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 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]

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There are three places of worship:

Notable residents

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References

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