Boughton under Blean, Kent
Historical Description
Boughton-under-Blean, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the edge of Blean Forest, 2 miles from Selling station on the L.C. & D.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office of the name of Boughton, under Faversham. The parish comprises 2115 acres; population of the civil parish, 1739; of the ecclesiastical, 1748. Nasa Court, then held by the Hawkinses, who were Roman Catholics, was demolished by a mob in 1715, and rebuilt in 1766. Boughton Hill, adjacent to the village, commands an extensive and brilliant view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church comprises nave, two aisles, a south transept, three chancels, and a tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The charities exceed £100 a year.
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-under-Blean St. Peter and St. Paul | |
| Hundred | Boughton-under-Blean | |
| Lathe | Scray | |
| Poor Law union | Faversham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The registers of baptisms, marriages and burials date from 1558; the earliest volume, 1558-1624, has been printed by the Parish Register Society.
Findmypast have the following online for Boughton under Blean, SS Peter & Paul: baptisms 1558-1912, marriages 1558-1928, burials 1558-1907
Findmypast have the following online for Boughton under Blean, St Barnabas: baptisms 1896-1912
Churches
Church of England
SS. Peter and Paul (parish church)
The church of SS. Peter and Paul is of flint and stone, and has a Perpendicular western tower containing a clock with chimes, presented by the late Mr. Serjeant Spinks, of Brenley, in 1890, and 8 bells: the chancel and the north chapel are Early English, and there is a rood screen with good Perpendicular tracery and several brasses, and the east and west windows are stained: in 1871 the church was restored and reseated at a cost of about £2,000: there are 450 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 under Blean from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Boughton-under-Blean (St. Peter and St. Paul))
Maps
Online maps of Boughton under Blean 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.