Boxley

Other current and historical names

Boseleu

Parish/Community: Boxley
District/Borough: Maidstone
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'8"N 0°32'35"E
Eastings/Northings: 577375, 158984
OS Grid: TQ773589
Mapcode Local: GBR PQW.64W
Mapcode Global: VHJM7.CJGF

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Boxley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Boxley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Boxley, par. and vil., mid. Kent, 2 miles NE. of Maidstone, 5787 ac. (of which 26 are water), pop. 1530; vestiges of the abbey (1146) still remain.

Boxley in the Domesday Book

A village in Maidstone hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert the interpreter (farmed royal manor); Helto the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £25 in 1066; £25 in 1070; £32 in 1086
- Households: 47 villagers; 12 smallholders; 16 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 56 swine render
- Mills: 3, value £1 16/7¼

British Place Names

Boxley, Kent

Boxley is a village in Kent

Boxley in historic gazetteers

Boxley in the Domesday Book