In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boughton like this:
BOUGHTON, a hamlet in Weekley parish, Northampton; 3½ miles NE of Kettering. Boughton Park here belonged formerly to the Montagues; and belongs now to the Duke of Buccleuch; and the mansion on it contains two cartoons of Raphael and other rare paintings.
Additional information about this locality is available for Weekley
Boughton through time
Boughton is now part of Kettering district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kettering 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 Kettering and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25250
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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