Boxted
Major Settlement in the Parish of Boxted
Historical Forms
- Bocchestedā, Bucchestedā 1086 DB
- Bocsted(e) 1202 Colch 1233 Bracton 1234 FF
- Bockestide 1297 Ipm
- Boxsted(e) 1219–35 FF
- Petit Boxsted(e) 1312 BM
- Boxstode 1285 Ass
- Boxted 1257 FF
- Bukstede 1376 Cl
- Bucsted by Colchester 1536 LP
- Bexstede 1481 Pat
Etymology
'The place where beech-trees grow,' v. boc , stede . Identical with Boxted (infra 460, 613), Boxted (Sf) and Buxted (PN Sx 389).