Boxted is a village and

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in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around north of Sudbury, in 2005 it had a population of 120. From the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of

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. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is place where box grow. The village is mentioned in the

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, at which time it had a population of 25.

Fenstead End

Fenstead End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Boxted, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The settlement appears in the

as ''Finesteda'' when its inventory was: :Hundred — Babergh :Population — 4 households comprising 1 villager, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves. :Value — £5 :Ploughland — 5 lord's plough teams :Meadow — 10 acres :Woodland — 20 pigs :Livestock in 1066 — 3 cattle, 1 horse :Lord in 1066 — Uhtred :Overlord in 1066 — Edgar of Houghton

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Fenstead End

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