Description

Boxted, a parish in Suffolk, on the river Stour, 8 miles NNW of Sudbury, and 3 N of Glensford station on the G.E.R. Post town, Bury St Edmunds; money order office, Hartest; telegraph office, Glensford. Acreage, 1582 ; population, 249. Boxted Hall is an ancient moated mansion standing in a park of about 90 acres. The living is a rectory, annexed to the benefice of Hartest, in the diocese of Ely; joint net yearly value, £333, in the gift of the Crown. The church, a structure of flint, lias some interesting monuments. Fenstead End is a hamlet of this parish.