Boxted, Suffolk

Footpath to Boxted
Boxted

All Saints, Boxted. Credit: Bob Jones
Boxted
 Boxted shown within Suffolk
Population 120 [1]
DistrictBabergh
Shire countySuffolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
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Coordinates: 52°07′44″N 0°40′05″E / 52.129°N 0.668°E

Boxted is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around 8 miles (13 km) north of Sudbury, in 2005 it had a population of 120.

According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is place where box grow. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, at which time it had a population of 25.

Boxted civil parish also contains the small hamlet of Fenstead End.[2]

References

  1. Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
  2. Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition, p76

External links

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