Boyton, Suffolk
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 St. Andrew's; the parish church of Boyton |
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| Population | 147 (2011) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woodbridge |
| Postcode district | IP13 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Boyton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles east of Woodbridge, and close to Orford Ness. Boyton is a small village in South East England and is part of the heritage coast. In the Domesday Book Boyton was recorded under the name "Bohtuna". The village has a number of facilities within the surrounding area, for instance, Hollesley primary school; a village primary school for children aged 4 –11 years. The Boyton village hall is also becoming a focus for new village activities, HM Prison Hollesley Bay is also located not far from the village center. In the 1870s Boyton was described by John Marius Wilson as:
According to statistics from the 2011 census, Boyton had a population of 147. The village name 'Boyton' can be translated to "farmstead of the boys or servants""
Boyton covers a total of 6648km² of land, the bulk of that land (6225km² ) is made up of what is named green space (otherwise known as Open space reserve); described as "an open piece of land that is undeveloped (has no buildings or other built structures) and is accessible to the public, which is usually partly or completely covered with grass, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation". According to data from the Office Of National statistics, 12.5 km² of boytons land area is covered by domestic buildings (which include any building type which serves as a home e.g. Houses, flats or Hotels), because not a great amount of Boytons land area is covered by domestic buildings, it can be deducted that the Parish has a low population density (according to the office of National statistics, Boyton's population density in the year 2011 was measured at 0.2 persons per hectare ). Boyton also uses 19 km² of land for road usage, a large proportion of which is accountable to Boyton Road (leading to Church Road), the main road running through the Parish linking it to larger villages such as Hollesley to the South West.
As long as 8000 years ago groups of hunters would come to Boyton in order to take advantage of the marshlands which were full of fish and wild fowl which the hunters would catch with nets, hooks and flint-tipped weapons. Copious amounts of evidence exist as proof of continuous settlement in the town of Boyton throughout history, for instance a "bronze age gold torque was found in Boyton and a replica can be seen in the Ipswich Museum - the original is with the British Museum". However, little is known about Boyton's usage throughout the Dark Ages and thereon after until the 16th Century, however, because the Parish is located on the suffolk coast (which was "on the sea route from Jutland and Saxony") it is possible that Boyton may have been one of the first settlements for immigrants arriving into the country. It was also discovered that the North East section of Boyton "had an important Anglo Saxon settlement and has been excavated by the Butley Excavation Group with students from London University and local volunteers.".
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