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.

Box Fm, Box Grove & Box Rock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Awre

Historical Forms

  • (la) Boxe 1221 Eyre 1248 Ass 1261 Ipm 1568 For
  • le Box 1627 FF
  • Boxegroue 1543 AOMB
  • Boxcliv(e), Boxclyue 1212–17 RBE 1221 Ass c.1270 For

Etymology

Box Fm, Box Grove & Box Rock, (la ) Boxe 1221 Eyre (p), 1248Ass , 1261 Ipmet passim to 1568For , le Box 1627FF , Boxegroue 1543AOMB , Boxcliv (e ), Boxclyue 1212–17 RBE, 1221Ass , c . 1270For . v. box 'box- tree', as in Box (i, 96supra ), grāf , clif .