Boughton Aluph, Kent
Historical Description
Boughton-Aluph, a parish in Kent, adjacent to the river Stour, 14 mile WNW of Wye station on the S.E.R., and 4 miles NNE of Ashford. It contains Boughton-Lees, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. Acreage, 2425 : population, 571. The manor belonged in the time of King John to Alulph de Boughton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury, and is now joined to the rectory of Eastwell; value, £480 with residence. The church is ancient and cruciform, with a central tower, and contains a piscina and monuments of the Moyles. It was thoroughly restored in 1893. A remarkable 15th century fresco of the Holy Trinity was discovered, and also a piscina, in the south transept.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Boughton-Aluph All Saints | |
| Hundred | Wye | |
| Lathe | Shepway | |
| Poor Law union | East Ashford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1558.
Findmypast have the following online for Boughton Aluph, All Saints: baptisms 1558-1919, marriages 1558-1953, burials 1558-1903
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is a cruciform structure of flint and ashlar, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and has a central tower containing 5 bells: there are several monuments and a wall painting, date about 1480: the church was reseated in 1878 and in 1893 was restored at a cost of £1,200: and now affords 300 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Boughton Aluph from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Boughton-Aluph (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Boughton Aluph are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.