First consecrated some time in the 13th century AD
Originally consecrated as a Chantry Chapel for Boughton Hall
and dedicated to Saint Thomas the Martyr (Saint Thomas Becket)
Notes for Visitors 2006 (download)
Today the parish church is known as Saint John the Baptist, Boughton.
The much older parish church, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist,
was built on what is now Boughton Green as early as the eighth century AD
but was abandoned in the seventeenth century, and the spire fell in 1784.
The first known Rector of Boughton was Ralph, instituted some time before 1312 AD
Boughton Pages
Boughton Parish Church - Links
The ancient parish church on Boughton Green
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Saint John the Baptist
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist
Matthew 14.1-12
His birth is commemorated on 24 June: his beheading on 29 August
