The Sign
The sign is full of details about the village; immediately below the name is the crest of the Warner family which relates in particular to Miss Mary Warner, heiress and wealthy benefactor. Mary Warner had alms houses built “intended for six poor men and six poor women.” Four new apartments were added in 1835 and four more in 1847.
The church of St Andrew, a fallow deer, with various other flora and fauna hinting at the agricultural heritage of the parish which are accompanied by a blacksmith’s anvil and tools. Below the main illustration are three more, the first depicts a man digging a ditch, known as The Tang, allowing boats to reach the village. The second, are docks indicating the trading of commodities which went on, and the third shows avocets which are commonly seen on Boyton marshes.

The sign was erected in 2004 close to the village hall and made by Harry Stebbing of the Village Sign people.

The Name and Population
The population was 147 at the 2011 census. The village was called Bohtuna / Boituna in the Domesday Book. The name probably means "farm/settlement of the boy(s) or servant(s)", less likely "Boia's farm/settlement", from Old English.

Other Points of Interest
Smuggling became a common occurrence to Boyton and the rest of the Suffolk coast, it was reported that local people who had previously remained within the honest agricultural trade "were recruited by the notorious Captain Bargood who had cottages at Hollesley and Butley".