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Boxworth is a village in South Cambridgeshire not far from the rapidly expanding developments of Cambourne and Northstowe. It is situated about 8 miles to the north-west of Cambridge. It falls under the Bar Hill Ward. It is within the diocese of Ely. The village covers an area of 1,053 ha. (2,602 a.) Boxworth is a relatively small village, with around 100 houses. == History == In the 1664 Hearth Tax a large house belonging to a gentleman, Mr. Killingworth, accounted for eight hearths at Boxworth.〔Evans, N. and Rose, S., editors, ''Cambridgeshire Hearth Tax Returns, Michaelmas 1664'', British Record Society, London, 2000, p.73.〕 It has today one public house from the 1760s or earlier, named the Golden Ball from 1820. Boxworth's population, once considerable, shrank severely after the Middle Ages and reached a peak of c. 350 in the mid 19th century. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boxworth like this: "BOXWORTH, a parish in the district of St. Ives and county of Cambridge; 3 miles WSW of Long-Stanton r. station, and 5 SSE of St. Ives. Post Town, Long-Stanton, under Cambridge. Acres, 2,521. Real property, £2,946 Pop., 347. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £459. * Patron, G. Thornhill, Esq. The church has a monument of Sanderson, the blind professor of mathematics; and is good." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boxworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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