Boughton Malherbe

Boughton Malherbe
St Nicholas Church, Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Malherbe shown within Kent
Population	476 (2011 Census)
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maidstone
Postcode district	ME17 2

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England KentCoordinates: 51°12′51″N 0°41′35″E / 51.214050°N 0.693040°E / 51.214050; 0.693040

Boughton Malherbe (/ˈbɔːtən ˈmælərbi/b BAW-ton MAL-erby) is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 428, including Sandway and increasing to 476 at the 2011 Census.

Boughton Place, a 16th-century manor house, was home to Sir Henry Wotton and other members of the Wotton family and was later owned by the Earls of Chesterfield and the Earls Cornwallis. Many of the Wottons are buried in the Church of St Nicholas.

Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston (1851–1926) who was a Home Secretary, lived at Chilston Park, and has a memorial stone dedicated to him in the village church.