Boughton is a village and a civil parish in the

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. The village is west of

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, south-south-east of King’s Lynn and north-east of

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. The nearest town is

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which is west of the village.

History

Boughton derives from the Anglo-Saxon meaning 'Bucca's' farmstead. In the

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, Boughton was a settlement of 24 households and was divided between Reginald, son of Ivo and Ralph Baynard.

Transport

The village is north of the route A134 which links King’s Lynn to

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. The nearest railway station is at

for the Fen Line which runs between King’s Lynn and

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. 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

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of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

Notable residents

* John Young Stratton (1829/30 – 1905): author, essayist, social reformer and campaigner against rural poverty. *

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, clergyman

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from 1948 to 1954

War Memorial

Boughton's War Memorial is located in All Saints' Churchyard and takes the form of a stone cross. War Memorials Online. (2016). Retrieved November 06, 2022. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235903/ * Private Walter W. Veal (d.1918), 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment * Private Frederick Veal (d.1918), 10th Battalion,

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* Private James W. Rix (1888-1917), 7th Battalion,

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* John Bray * George Seymour

References

External links

Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Boughton. * http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Boughton Villages in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub