Boswell may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Boswell, British Columbia
Boswell is an unincorporated community in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The former steamboat landing and temporary ferry terminal is adjacent to McGregor Creek on the east shore of the south arm of Kootenay Lake. Com ...
, a rural community
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Boswell, British Columbia (Central Coast), a former cannery town
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Mount Boswell
Mount Boswell is a summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is situated along the east shore of Waterton Lake, one kilometre north of the Canada–United States border. Its nearest higher pea ...
, Alberta
England
* Boswell, a hamlet in
Elkington, Lincolnshire
Elkington is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
It comprises the village of South Elkington, and the hamlets of North Elkington, Boswell, and Thorpe, and is situated approximately north-west from the market t ...
United States
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Boswell, Indiana
Boswell is a town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 800 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The town of Boswell was first laid out by Charl ...
, a town in Benton County
*Boswell, Missouri, an extinct railroad terminal in
Minton Township, Holt County, Missouri
Minton Township is a township in Holt County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 91. It is around 40 square miles. Fortescue is located in the center of the township and the southern part of Big Lake is located in ...
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Boswell, Oklahoma
Boswell is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 709 at the 2010 census.[Boswell, Pennsylvania
Boswell is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,221 at the 2020 United Stat ...](_blank)
, a borough in Somerset County
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Boswell Bay, Alaska, a
place in Alaska
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Boswell's Corner, Virginia, a census-designated place in Stafford County
People
Surname
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Boswell (surname) Boswell is a British family name of Norman origins and may refer to the following individuals:
* Alexander Boswell (judge) (1706–1782), judge of the Scottish supreme court and father of James Boswell
*Alexander Boswell (songwriter) (1775–1822), ...
Given name
* Boswell or
Boisil
Boisil (died 661) was a monk of Melrose Abbey, an offshoot of Lindisfarne, then in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, but now in Scotland, where he must have been one of the first generation of monks. He probably moved to the new foundati ...
(died 661), Christian saint and abbot
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Boswell Williams (1926–2014), Saint Lucian politician
Other uses
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Boswell family, a large extended family of Travellers in England
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The Boswell Sisters
The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee", December 3, 1907 – October 11 ...
, an American singing trio of the jazz and swing eras
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Clan Boswell
Clan Boswell is a Lowland Scottish clan and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However the clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an Armigerous clan.
History Origins
The chiefs of the Clan Boswell are ...
, a Lowland Scottish clan
Education
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The Boswells School
The Boswells School is an age 11–18, secondary school and college, The Boswells College, with academy status situated in the city of Chelmsford, Essex, England, offers secondary age education with qualifications up to General Certificates of ...
, a secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England
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Boswell High School
Boswell High School is a public secondary school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is part of the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, and serves students in grades nine through twelve.
Fine Arts
Boswell High School has the ...
, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Boswell School
The Boswell School, now the Boswell Baptist Church, is a historic school building in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located in the hamlet of Boswell, at the end of County Road 196. It is a single-story fieldstone structure, with a ...
, Izard County, Arkansas, United States, a school building on the National Register of Historic Places
Other uses
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Boswell (horse)
Boswell (1933 – 1949) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed promise when winning his final start as a two-year-old and was considered a contender for the following year's classic races. In 1936 he was slow to find his b ...
, a Thoroughbred racehorse
* ''Boswell: A Modern Comedy'', a novel by
Stanley Elkin
Stanley Lawrence Elkin (May 11, 1930 – May 31, 1995) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and male-female relationships.
Biograp ...
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Boswell baronets
The Boswell baronetcy, of Auchinleck in the County of Ayr was created for antiquary and songwriter Alexander Boswell in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 August 1821. The baronetcy became extinct upon the second holder's death in 1857. ...
, an extinct title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Boswell Observatory
'Boswell Observatory'' is located at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Built in 1883, it was primarily a time service observatory and student teaching observatory and is the oldest building on Doan's campus that remains functional today. The ...
, at Doane College in Nebraska, U.S.
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Boswell's Tavern
Boswell's Tavern is an excellent example of a complete 18th century tavern in Virginia. Located near Gordonsville, Virginia, the tavern is located at the intersection of present-day U.S. Route 15 and Virginia State Route 22, the centerpiece o ...
, an 18th-century tavern near Gordonsville, Virginia, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Boswells of Oxford
Boswells of Oxford was the largest independent family-run department store in Oxford, England. The store first traded in 1738 and was the second oldest family-owned department store in the world. It closed in 2020. The company did not use an apos ...
, or simply Boswells, a department store in Oxford, England
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Boswellia
''Boswellia'' is a genus of trees in the order (biology), order Sapindales, known for its fragrant resin. The biblical incense frankincense is an extract from the resin of the tree ''Boswellia sacra'', and is now produced also from ''Boswellia fre ...
, a genus of trees
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Boswil
Boswil is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
The village lies in the Bünztal valley at the foot of the Lindenberg mountain. The hamlet Wissenbach and Sentenhof (a former estate of the Benedictine M ...
, a municipality in Switzerland
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St Boswells
St Boswells (; ) is a village on the south side of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, about southeast of Newtown St Boswells on the A68 road. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire.
It has a hotel, pos ...
, a village in Scotland
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