Boyton

Boyton is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Major and Hundred of Stratton and is about 5 miles north of Launceston. The parishes of Week St Mary and North Tamerton border it on the Cornish side, otherwise it abuts, and is nearly surrounded by, the former Devon parishes of North Petherwin, Werrington, St Giles-in-the-Heath, the Devon parish of Luffincott and a Devon village called Northcot Hamlet which straddles the River Tamar. The road from Launceston to Boyton runs through more than 2 miles of Devon. Boyton sits almost on the border between Devon and Cornwall. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Boitone.