BOXFORD, a parish in the hundred of Babergh, extending also into the hundred of Cosford, in the county of Suffolk, 5 miles to the W of the market town of Hadleigh. Colchester is its post town. It is situated in a pleasant valley, watered by two small streams, and contains the hamlet of Hadleigh. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely, of the value of £710, in the patronage of the crown. The church is dedicated to St Mary. Here is a free grammar school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, which has an income from endowment of £33 a year. The parish has the benefit of several other charities, producing about £60 per annum. Fairs are held in the village on Easter Monday and the 21st December.
HADLEIGH, a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Boxford, hundred of Cosford, county Suffolk, 3 miles SW of Hadleigh, and 11 W. of Ipswich.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Boxford Marriages FB77-D1-9 1754-1781
Boxford Marriages FB77-D1-10 1781-1805
Boxford Marriages FB77-D1-11 1805-1812
Further transcripts can be found here courtesy of Helen Barrell
Further registers for Boxford are included in the FreeREG database.
- Boxford is part of the Babergh Hundred
- History of Boxford
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