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Survey of English Place-Names

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Box Hill and Boxhill Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dorking

Historical Forms

  • Box Hill 1629 Norfolk
  • Atteboxe 1263 Ass

Etymology

Box Hill and Boxhill Fm are Box Hill 1629Norfolk , Boxhill 1655 Evelyn's Diary . The latter was probably the home of Thomas Atteboxe (1263Ass ) and William de la Boxe de Dorking (1268 Pat). The hill is still thickly overgrown with box shrubs.Cf. Box (PN W 32).