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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.

Boxted
All Saints, Boxted. Credit: Bob Jones
Boxted Location within Suffolk
Population	120 (2001)[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmonds
Postcode district	IP29
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52.129°N 0.668°E / 52.129; 0.668

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

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

Further reading

Karl Inge Sandred (1963), English place-names in -stead, Uppsala University, pp. 100, 187

See also

• Boxted Bombard

External links

Media related to Boxted, Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons

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