[2] In the Domesday Book, Boughton is listed as a settlement of 24 households in the hundred of Clackclose.

In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Reginald, son of Ivo and Ralph Baynard.

[3] 'The Poplars', a cottage on Chapel Road, dates from 1830 and is Grade II listed.

[8] The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge.

The village's national constituency is South West Norfolk which has been represented by Labour's Terry Jermy MP.