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Boughton Aluph (pronounced Bawton Alluf) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England, and is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Ashford on the A251 road. There are two villages within the parish: Boughton Aluph itself, and Boughton Lees.
All Saints' Church is a 13th-century pilgrims ' [1] Grade I listed church [2] in Boughton Aluph near Ashford, Kent. [3] It is part of the Church of England. [1][4] Built in the thirteenth century by a man named Adulphus to replace a Saxon church, it was enlarged in the 14th century by Sir Thomas Aldon, one of Edward III of England 's courtiers. [3]
Boughton Aluph is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England, and is about 5 miles north of Ashford on the A251 road. There are two villages within the parish: Boughton Aluph itself, and Boughton Lees. Map. Directions. Satellite.
3 days ago · BOUGHTON ALUPH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is large and handsome, built of slint, with ashlar stone to the doors, windows, and quoins. It consists of three isles and two chancels.
Boughton Aluph is located in the county of Kent, South East England, four miles north-east of the town of Ashford, 18 miles east of the major town of Maidstone, and 50 miles south-east of London.
History of Boughton Aluph. Boughton Aluph comes from the Old English ‘boc’ meaning ‘beech-tree’ and ‘tun’ as an ‘enclosure, a farmstead’; therefore, ‘farmstead where the beech-tree grows’.
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell's parish church on the Pilgrims Way in Kent; home to the Stour Music Festival each June and Five Church Walk every May Bank Holiday.
