Boughton, Northamptonshire

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Boughton is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 951. It is on the northern fringe of the Northampton urban area, about four miles north of the town centre.

The infamous highwayman, "Captain Slash" was detained whilst attemping robbery at Boughton Fayre which was situated on Boughton Green - now a large agricultural triangle on the Moulton road. He was subsequently tried and hanged in Northampton before a large crowd of onlookers on 21st July 1826.^{[citation needed]}