In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boughton like this:
BOUGHTON, a parish in Brixworth district, Northamptonshire; on an affluent of the river Nen, and on the Northampton and Market-Harborough railway, 3 miles N of Northampton. It contains Boughton Green, where a large fair is held on 24,25, and 26 June; and has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1,850. ...
Real property, £3,207. Pop., 372. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few. Boughton House is the seat of Col. R. H. H. Vyse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £296. Patron, Col. R. H. H. Vyse. The church is modern; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a charity of 48 acres.
Boughton through time
Boughton is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boughton, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7605
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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