Boughton Aluph
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Boughton Aluph 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 A2251 road. There are two villages within the parish: Boughton Aluph itself, and Boughton Lees
. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,099.
The parish shares a joint parish council with neighbouring Eastwell.
There are two places of worship: All Saints' church and a Baptist
chapel. All Saints is a large 13th/14th century building.
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'.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Borough of Ashford
Ashford (borough)
Ashford is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Ashford.The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tenterden with Ashford urban district, and the East Ashford, West Ashford and Tenterden Rural Districts...
in Kent
Kent
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, England
England
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, 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
Boughton Lees
Boughton Lees is a village in the civil parish of Boughton Aluph and Eastwell, Ashford District, Kent, England. It stands on the main Ashford-Faversham road, some 3.5 miles north of Ashford....
. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,099.
The parish shares a joint parish council with neighbouring Eastwell.
There are two places of worship: All Saints' church and a Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
chapel. All Saints is a large 13th/14th century building.
The place-name 'Boughton Aluph' is first attested as 'Boltune' in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
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'.