Population 1,221 (2011) Country England Postcode district CO10 5 Shire county Suffolk | Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom District Babergh Local time Friday 1:25 PM | |
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Post town Template:Sudbury, Suffolk Weather 7°C, Wind SE at 21 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Boxford is a large village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around six miles east of Sudbury straddling the River Box and skirted by the Holbrook, in 2005 it had a population of 1,270. increasing to 1,221 at the 2011 Census.
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Map of Boxford, Sudbury, UK
History
According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "the ford where box trees grow". The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, at which time it had a population of 18. During the Middle Ages, Boxford was a wool town.. It is still a place with the trappings of a small town rather than a mere village.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward stretches north to Milden with a total population of 2,170.
International connections
As part of the American Bicentennial celebrations the townspeople of Boxford, Massachusetts, visited the villages of Boxford (there are three) in England during 1975 looking for the source of the name of their own village and decided that Boxford in Suffolk was likely to be from where the name of their own town came from.
As a result of this the villagers of Boxford, Suffolk, were invited to Boxford, MA, the following summer. This drew attention from the media: the Evening Standard incorporated a photograph of the villagers in a centre-page spread in one of their November 1975 editions, and a TV crew led by Bernard Falk for the BBC Nationwide programme accompanied the villagers when they left for a two-week stay on 23 July 1976. A TWA Boeing 707 was hired which flew the villagers from London Heathrow to Boston Logan, from where they were bussed to Boxford, MA, and dispersed amongst receiving families.
Economy
There are two pubs in Boxford: The Fleece (a 15th-century grade II* listed coaching inn) and the White Hart.
Riddelsdell Brothers was established here in 1900 and is believed to be Europe's oldest recorded working garage.
Copella fruit juices are made at orchards at Hill Farm on the outskirts of Boxford.
Geography
Also contained in the parish of Boxford are two hamlets, Stone Street and Calais Street (52.01°N 00.86°E / 52.01; 00.86).