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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Weekley Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Boughton |
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