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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boxford like this:
BOXFORD, a village and a parish in Newbury district, Berks. The village stands on the river Lambourn, 4½ miles NW of Newbury r. station; and has a post office under Newbury.—The parish includes Westbrook tything. Acres, 2,769. Real property, £4,841. Pop., 636. Houses, 143. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £761.* Patron, the Rev. Mr. Wells. The church is good. There are two Methodist chapels and a parochial school.
Boxford is now part of WEST BERKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST BERKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boxford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boxford, in West Berkshire and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6094
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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