Boxted, Suffolk
# Boxted, Suffolk

Boxted is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around 8 miles (13 km) north of Sudbury, in 2005 it had a population of 120. From the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Somerton.

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