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Boxford Town Library
Boxford may refer to: * Boxford, Berkshire Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, England. The village is on the east bank of the River Lambourn, about northwest of Newbury but south of the M4 motorway. The hamlet of Westbrook is on the o ..., England ** Boxford railway station * Boxford, Suffolk, England * Boxford, Massachusetts, United States ** Boxford (CDP), Massachusetts * Boxford, Missouri, United States * Boxford Lathe, a brand of machine tool {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford, Berkshire
Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, England. The village is on the east bank of the River Lambourn, about northwest of Newbury but south of the M4 motorway. The hamlet of Westbrook is on the opposite bank of the Berkshire Downs tributary. Archaeology A number of Bronze Age features have been recorded near Boxford, and an urn of this period has been found. A hearth and pottery fragments from the Iron Age, including a La Tène pot, have been found near the north end of Boxford Common. Iron Age pottery fragments and a possible earthwork have also been found near Borough Hill. Mud Hall Cottage on Wyfield Farm is the site of a large Roman building which was excavated about 1870. Roman pottery and coins have been found at Boxford Rectory. The course of the Ermin Way Roman road that linked '' Corinium Dobunnorum'' ( Cirencester) and ''Calleva Atrebatum'' (Silchester) passes through the south of the parish. A section is visible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford Railway Station
Boxford railway station was a railway station in Boxford, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway. The hut has been saved from being destroyed as a disused bus shelter and is now being restored by the GWSR for use on their site. History The station opened on 4 April 1898. It was staffed until 1954; between 1904 and 1940 it was overseen by Charlie Brown, a local man employed by the Great Western Railway. The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods. Boxford was the first stop on the line with a siding, which also functioned as a passing loop. The station closed to all traffic in 1960. The station's wooden shelter is now used as a bus shelter A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ... in the village.Passengers No More by G.Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford, Suffolk
Boxford is a large village and 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 the parish had a population of 1,270. decreasing to 1,221 at the 2011 Census. History According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "the ford where box trees grow". During the Middle Ages, Boxford was a wool town. Historical writings In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as: In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Boxford in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description: 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford, Massachusetts
Boxford is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town's population was 8,203 in 2020. The original town center of Boxford, along with East Boxford and other areas in the eastern part of the town, comprise the census-designated place of Boxford. History Native Americans inhabited northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas. At the time of contact, the area that would become Boxford was controlled by Agawam sachem Masconomet, but the Agawam would experience severe population loss from virgin soil epidemics, especially in 1617–1619, killing an estimated 50–75% of the indigenous population in the region. Although Boxford was settled by Europeans in 1646, it was not until 1700 that the selectmen of Boxford would pay Masconomet's grandson Samuel English nine pounds for the rights to the town land. Europeans first settled in Boxford in 1646 as a part of Rowley Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford (CDP), Massachusetts
Boxford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Boxford in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,339 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (1.99%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,340 people, 756 households, and 674 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 164.0/km2 (424.8/mi2). There were 765 housing units at an average density of 53.6 inhabitants/km2 (138.9 inhabitants/mi2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.84% White, 0.34% African American, 1.37% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 0.98% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 756 households, out of which 47.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.4% were married couples living together, 6.6% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 10.8% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxford, Missouri
Boxford is an extinct town in DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was on the east bank of the Third Fork Platte River approximately three miles northwest of Clarksdale and about one-half mile from the DeKalb - Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ... county line. A post office was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1902. The community was supposed to be named Oxford; a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected. References Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in DeKalb County, Missouri {{DeKalbCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
