Boxford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Boxford
Historical Forms
- Boxora 821 BCS366 c.1200
- (æt) Boxoran, (to) Boxorran 958 c.1240 ib
- Boxoran 960 contemporary 968 c.1200 ib
- Boxhora 1167 P
- Boxore 1199 HunterFines
- Boxhore 1241 Ass 1401–2 FA
- Bovsore, Bochesorne 1086 DB
- Boxhole, Boxole c.1180 Abingdon 13th
- Boxhell' 1199 Cur
- Bockesoure 1198 P
- Boxesore 1369–70 ObAcc
- Boxforth 1517 DInc
- Boxworth 1535 VE 1538 RentSur
Etymology
'Slope or bank where box grows', v. box , ōra . The second el. has been confused with worð and ford . Boxford Sf has ford as its original final el. BCS 366 is spurious.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Prospect Cottage
- Wickham Heath
- Bell Inn
- Rowhedge Cottage
- Williams's Copse
- Basing's Fm
- Boxford Common
- Boxford Fm
- Butcher's Wd
- Courtoak Fm
- Dean's Copse
- Green Lane
- Highstreet Fm
- Hoar Hill
- Hunt's Green, Huntsgreen Fm, Huntsgreen Copse
- Iremonger's Cottages
- Knapp's Fm
- Leonard's Plantation
- Mud Hall Cottages
- Nalder Plantation
- Priddle's Fm
- Upper Fm
- Borough Hill, Borough Copse
- Shepherd's Border
- Woodmansfield Cottages