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.

Boxers Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coulsdon

Historical Forms

  • Boxford 1403 IpmR 1461 Chertsey
  • Boxfordesmere 1461 Chertsey 1548 LRMB
  • Boxeford 1279 Ass

Etymology

Boxers Wood (6″) is Boxford 1403 IpmR, 1461Chertsey , Boxfordesmere 1461Chertsey , 1548LRMB , and is to be associated with the family of Robert de Boxeford (1279Ass ). As there is no stream here, the place being high up on the Downs, the name must be of manorial origin, Robert having come from Boxford in Berks or elsewhere, mere is OE  (ge)mære, 'boundary,' the place lying by the parish boundary.