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.

Boxted

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemel Hempstead

Historical Forms

  • Boxhamstede 1309 Ch 1321 Cl 1538 LRMB
  • Boxted 1599 SR

Etymology

Boxted is Boxhamstede 1309 Ch, 1321 Cl, 1538LRMB , Boxted 1599SR . 'Box tree hamstede.' Cf. Nuthampstead infra 183.It is some distance from Boxmoor.