English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Box Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bennington

Historical Forms

  • Boxen 1307,1314 SR

Etymology

Box Hall is to be associated with the family of William de Boxen (1307, 1314SR ). It is probable that this is really a manorial name, the family having come from Boxbury (infra 141) in the adjacent parish of Walkern.