Boxworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Boxworth
Historical Forms
- Bochesuuorde 1086 DB 1086 Ipm 1337
- Bochesworth 1086 1313 ib
- Bokesw(o)rth(e) 1199 Cur 1479 FF
- Bokeswurth(e) 1235 FF 1251 Ch 1284 FA 1299 QW
- Bokeswurth(e) Parva 1298 FF
- Bokesword(e) 13th BM 1291 Tax
- Bukeswurthe 1185 RotDom
- Bukeswrth 1228 FF
- Bokiswurth, Bokyswurth 1243 FF 1290
- Bokysworth(e) 1313 Ipm 1316 FA 1421 FF
- Bukisworth' 1261 Cl
- Bukkesworthe 1428 FA
- Buxworth 1480 Pat
- Box(e)w(o)rth 1272 Ass 1332 Pat 1479 AddCh
- Boxford 1510 LP
Etymology
'Bucc 's enclosure,' v. worþ . For this personal name, which is not on record, but is probably from OE bucc , 'buck,' v. MLR xiv, 236, and cf. Buxhall (Sf), Bucyshealæ c. 995 BCS 1289.