BOXFORD, a parish partly in the hundred of COSFORD,
but chiefly in the hundred of BABERGH, county
of SUFFOLK, 16 miles (W. by S.) from Ipswich, containing,
with the hamlet of Hadleigh, 944 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £20,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. Two fairs are held, one on Easter-
Monday, and the other on the 21st of December.