Boughton

Other current and historical names

Buchetuna

Built-Up Area: Boughton
Parish/Community: Boughton
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'21"N 0°30'20"E
Eastings/Northings: 569843, 302012
OS Grid: TF698020
Mapcode Local: GBR P74.NP6
Mapcode Global: WHKR5.R51Q

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Boughton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Boughton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Boughton, par., W. Norfolk, 6 miles SE. of Downham, 1323 ac., pop. 236.

Boughton in the Domesday Book

A village in Clackclose hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 11/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 11 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald son of Ivo
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 2/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Boughton, Norfolk

Boughton is a village in Norfolk

Boughton in historic gazetteers

Boughton in the Domesday Book