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"BOUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, in the county of Northampton, 3 miles to the N. of Northampton, its post town. The Northampton, Market Harborough, and Stamford branch of the London and North-Western railway passes near it. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value of £296, in the patronage of R. W. H. Vyse, Esq., M.P. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is now out of use; but there is a chapel near it, which has recently been much enlarged and re-decorated. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. Boughton House was formerly the seat of the Earls of Strafford. A fair is held annually at Boughton Green, commencing on the 23rd June (St. John's Eve), and lasting till the 26th." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BOUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, in the county of Northampton, 3 miles to the N. of Northampton, its post town. The Northampton, Market Harborough, and Stamford branch of the London and North-Western railway passes near it. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value of £296, in the patronage of R. W. H. Vyse, Esq., M.P. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is now out of use; but there is a chapel near it, which has recently been much enlarged and re-decorated. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. Boughton House was formerly the seat of the Earls of Strafford. A fair is held annually at Boughton Green, commencing on the 23rd June (St. John's Eve), and lasting till the 26th."
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