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. From the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Somerton.
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 All Saints, Boxted. Credit: Bob Jones | |
  Boxted Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 120 (2001)[1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St Edmonds |
| Postcode district | IP29 |
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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.
Fenstead End
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Fenstead End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Boxted, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.[2] The settlement appears in the Domesday Book as Finesteda when its inventory was:[3]
- Hundred — Babergh
- Population — 4 households comprising 1 villager, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves.
- Value — £5
- Ploughland — 5 lord's plough teams
- Meadow — 10 acres
- Woodland — 20 pigs
- Livestock in 1066 — 3 cattle, 1 horse
- Lord in 1066 — Uhtred
- Overlord in 1066 — Edgar of Houghton
References
edit- ^ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
- ^ Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition, p76
- ^ Fenstead, Open Domesday, archived from the original on 4 October 2013, retrieved 4 February 2016
Further reading
editKarl Inge Sandred (1963), English place-names in -stead, Uppsala University, pp. 100, 187
See also
editExternal links
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