Landmark Issue Winter 2025-26 Issue 50 |
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The website has now lasted an amazing twelve years with 50 issues, 870 articles contributed by 190 different contributors.
We estimate that there have been 8,000 original photographs published and one and a half million words. Most pleasing of all is that the website continues to be offered free to anyone interested in the history of Box. It's a big thank you to all readers and contributors. Catch up on articles you may have missed: Website Overview
We estimate that there have been 8,000 original photographs published and one and a half million words. Most pleasing of all is that the website continues to be offered free to anyone interested in the history of Box. It's a big thank you to all readers and contributors. Catch up on articles you may have missed: Website Overview
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William Albert Pinker
Box man awarded posthumous OBE 
Henry Oatley Woodman
Renowned gardener 
AI of Suffrage
Using artificial intelligence to bring them to life 
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Places Index
Rosebank and Woodland View
How and why they were built 
Investigating Lents Family
Did they name Lents Green? |
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Photographic Series - Box Postcards
Photographs are invaluable for the family historians because most of us carry our character on our faces. But it is postcards that tell us most about social history because they are more universal. Colin Lindzey brought us boxes full of postcards sent between his ancestors, the Chaffey, Tye and similar families in the Edwardian period. These are just a few of his wonderful collection:
Places of Interest
World Outside Box |
Humorous Cards
Edwardian comedy |
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Readers' Contributions
We are a not-for-profit Community website for people who are interested in the history of Box village, in the county of Wiltshire, and its surrounding hamlets. You can record the story of you and your ancestors, correct and add to our articles via Contact tab or email: [email protected]. |
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Finding Articles
Please click on any blue text to find articles or by using the headline tabs:
People Index Places Index General Index Series Index
Previous Issues All previous issues are still available to access using the tab.
Index by Author List of every author who has contributed articles and photos to the website
Please click on any blue text to find articles or by using the headline tabs:
People Index Places Index General Index Series Index
Previous Issues All previous issues are still available to access using the tab.
Index by Author List of every author who has contributed articles and photos to the website
Prehistory Roman Saxon Medieval Tudor Georgian Early Victorian
Late Victorian WW1 Inter-war WW2 Modern
Box Schools Local Farms Box NATS Trails Northey Family Perren Photos
Late Victorian WW1 Inter-war WW2 Modern
Box Schools Local Farms Box NATS Trails Northey Family Perren Photos
Detailed Searches
You can use the button at the top of this page to search for all website references and details of Box people or places.
You can use the button at the top of this page to search for all website references and details of Box people or places.