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Rh BOXGEOVE. 331 BOXWORTH. The c irch is dedicated to St. Mary. Here is a free graini r school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, which has a income from endowment of 33 a year. The parish ias the benefit of several other charities, pro- - -. ducini about 60 per annum. Fairs are held in the villagon Easter Monday and the 21st December. BO JBOVE, a par. in the hund. of Box and Stock - bridge rape of Chichester, in the co. of Sussex, 3 miles .to thiN.E. of Chichester, its post town. The South Coast ilway passes close by it. The par. includes the hnilts. f Croker Hill, East Hampnett, and part of Sea- beach, md the tythgs. of Halnaker and Strellington. -.-. . HulnaT was the site of a Benedictine priory, founded - . about .17, by Robert do la Haye, and subordinate to -_. the ,'ibsy De 1'Essay, in Normandy. It had a revenue at tin issolution of 145, and was given to the Earl of Arunu. The manor is now held by the Duke of Rich- r-iajOf the nnual val. of 687, in the patron, of the Duke . >ud. The church, a cruciform structure in the early .iglish style, with some traces of the Norman s'lj^tyli', dedicated to SS. Mary and Blaize. It was the dm; 1 the priory, and the burial-place of Adcliza, ary I., and her daughters. It has a door- N.irman arches, which formerly opened into a -icloi^u extending to the refectory and the cloisters of ni^the mliks. The interior is remarkably fine, and has niic rust window, recently (1862) erected by the - on the Goodwood estate, to the memory of the
 * . mond. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chichester,
 * e of Richmond. The window consists of three

utains the Nativity, Crucifixion, and Ascen- >ur Lord. On the north side are three types of 7"Vict. 11 si i arranged as to bear upon the principal subjects, ilcmatical of the late duke's taste for military meeting of Abraham and Melchisedec after the r of the kings ; the Victory over the Amalekites, -nissi ; and the Passage of the Jordan. On the t> three of our Lord's parables introduced, as tin- duke's interest in agricultural pursuits: i-T, the Casting out of the Vineyard, and " The are the Angels." The effect of the whole is king. The colours are extremely rich, particu- .h " tracing of the central light. The work has ^ncd and executed by the Messrs. O'Connor, of The church also contains monuments to one of lings, one of the Delawarrs, and several of the unily, one of the latter being Mary, Countess J >ci. Almshouses for 12 poor women, and a free the education and clothing of 12 children, were md endowed by the Countess of Derby about 'he revenue of the almshouses is 115 ; that of 1, 56 per annum. There are some other chari- lowments worth about 14 a year. Near the '.'<ry. North-west of the village is Goodwood, ^^B seaof the Duke of Richmond. This noble mansion "f a centre and two wings, the former 166 feet i, and each of the latter 106 feet, with circular t the four corners, surmounted by flat-domed proofs, lie portico, which is formed by six Doric columns, - Bujipor the same number of Ionic columns above, sur- ' by a balustrade. The park surrounding this ont pile lies for the most part in this parish, iorned with numerous cedars, Spanish chesnuts, 11 tulip-trees, cork-trees, and other exotics, ntrast well with the native growth of oak and j.beech. ]!< oIlULL, a detached spur of the Surrey hills, 1 < lie N.E. of Dorking, and about the same dis- im Betchworth. It commands an extensive a the South Downs of Sussex to the hills of [ert to shire, including the whole of London and the valli y the Thames. On the summit are several fine -;box-tn|, and beneath it the river Mole runs under- groiuiKind reappears again on the other side. Some ^ handsel; villa residences adorn the slopes, and at its '-*' foot ar'he woods of Holmdalc, where red deer roamed '' wild ir IB middle of the 17th century, and where the ancient barrows, called castles, mark the retreat of the Britons before the Saxons. BOXLEY, a par. in the hund. of Maidstone, lathe of Aylesford, in the co. of Kent, 2 miles to the N.E. of Maidstone, its post town. It is situated near Boxley Hills, commanding an extensive and beautiful prospect over the surrounding rich country, and includes part of Panenden Heath, and a large rabbit-warren. In the middle of the 12th century, William d'Ypres, Earl of Kent, founded here a Cistercian abbey, which was mitred, and received from Henry III. the grant of a market. Its abbot sat in parliament in the reign of Edward I. The abbey was celebrated for the possession of a curious rood, or automaton crucifix, and an image of St. Rumbold, both of which were burnt at the Re- formation, at Paul's Cross. The revenue of the abbey amounted at the Dissolution to 219. The site was given in 1540 to Sir Thomas Wyatt. The manor of Boxley had been held by the monks under a grant of Richard I. There are hop-grounds in the parish, and many persons are employed in the paper manufacture, which is carried on here in two large and excellent mills, said to be some of the best in England. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, of the val. of 834, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, an ancient building, is dedicated to All Saints, and contains some monuments of the Wyatt and other families. Attached to the western entrance is a large porch, supposed to be either a Galilee or mortuary chapel, the burial-place of the Whatman family. The parochial charities amount to 4 a year. The principal residences are Boxley Abbey, The Firs, Park House, Park Place, Boxley House, and Brooklyn. BOXMOOR, a vil, tnshp., and post town, in the par. of Hemel-Hempstead, hund. of Dacorum, in the co. of Hertford, 2 miles to the S. of Hemel-Hempstead, and 6 N.W. of St. Alban's. It is a station on the London and North- Western railway, 24s miles from London, and is situated at the junction of the Bulboum with the river Gado, and on the Grand Junction canal. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of Hemel-Hempstead. The church is a chapel of ease to Hemel-Hempstead, and is called the District Chapelry. BOXTED, a par. in the Colchester div. of the hund. of Lexden, in the co. of Essex, 2 miles from Neyland. Colchester is its post town. It lies on the south bank of the river Stour, here navigable, and contains a tract of heath. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Roches- ter, of the val. of 110, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and has a monu- ment to Sir J. Poley. The charitable endowments produce 10 a year. Boxted Hall is the seat of the Poleys. BOXTED, a par. in fhe hund. of Babcrg-h, in the co. of Suffolk, 6 miles to the N.E. of Clare. Bury St. Ed- mund's is its post town. It is watered by .1 small stream, a branch of the river Stour. The living is a rect. consolidated with that of Hartest, in the dioc. of Ely. The parochial charities amount to 11 per annum. BOX-TREE QUARTER, a district in the par. of Tamworth, hund. of Hemlingford, in the co. of War- wick, close to Tamworth. BOXWELL, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Grumbald's Ash, in the co. of Gloucester, 5 miles to the W. of Tetbury. Wotton-undcr-Edge is its post town. It lies near the border of Wiltshire, on the small river Frome, and at an early date had a nunnery, which, it is said, the Danes destroyed. In the parish are some free- stone quarries and some plantations of box. It is not far from the Cotswold hills. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, of the val. with the cur. of Leighterton, of 350, in the patron, of the Rev. R. W. Huntley, incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. BOXWORTH, a par. in the hund. of Papworth, in the co. of Cambridge, 8 miles to the N.W. of Cambridge, and 3 S. of Swavesey railway station. Caxton is its post town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely,
 * id three subjects are introduced into each light,
 * ^ old priory is the modern mansion called Box-