In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boxford like this:
BOXFORD, a village and a parish in Gosford district, Suffolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Stour, 4½ miles WSW of Hadleigh r. station, and 6 ESE of Sudbury; and has a post office† under Colchester, and fairs on Easter Monday and 21 Dec.—The parish includes also the hamlet of Hadleigh. ...
Acres, 1,820. Real property, £4,174. Pop., 986. Houses, 236. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £710.* Patron, the Crown. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, an endowed grammar school, and charities £58.
Boxford through time
Boxford is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boxford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boxford, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7044
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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