Boxted, Suffolk

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Boxted
Suffolk

All Saints, Boxted
Location
Location: 52°7’44"N, 0°40’5"E
Data
Population: 120  (2005 est.)
Local Government
Council: Babergh

Boxted is a village in Suffolk, located around eight miles north of Sudbury, the closest town. In 2005 it had an estimated 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.

Footpath to Boxted

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