Boughton Aluph

Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph shown within Kent
Area	9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population	2,490 (Civil Parish 2011)
• Density	251/km2 (650/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR035485
Civil parish	Boughton Aluph
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN25
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°11′57″N 0°54′50″E / 51.1993°N 0.9138°E / 51.1993; 0.9138Coordinates: 51°11′57″N 0°54′50″E / 51.1993°N 0.9138°E / 51.1993; 0.9138

Boughton Aluph (pronounced Bawton Alluf) is a village in the civil parish of Boughton Aluph 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.

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'.

There are three places of worship:

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