Boughton, Norfolk

Boughton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 44.4 mi west of Norwich, 15.1 mi south-south-east of King's Lynn and 97.7 mi north-east of London. The nearest town is Downham Market which is 7.3 mi west of the village.

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

In the Domesday Book, 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 Colchester. 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.
 * 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