Issue 11: Tudor & Stuart Box, 1485 - 1714 February 2016
This year sees the launch of a major series on Tudor and Stuart Box with previously untold stories of life in the village during that fascinating period. In future issues we will be talking about the Reformation in Box; a royal visit by Queen Elizabeth I; and life in the village during the Civil War.
But we start with pictures, illustrations from Francis Allen's wonderful map of 1626, which recorded the village at that time.
Can you identify these houses? Answers on Box's Ten Tudor & Stuart Mansions.
But we start with pictures, illustrations from Francis Allen's wonderful map of 1626, which recorded the village at that time.
Can you identify these houses? Answers on Box's Ten Tudor & Stuart Mansions.
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"Larkie" Goulstone as a child
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Goulstone Family - Most people in the village know about this family of Box farmers but they didn't start in this trade. Find out about their origins and the struggles they had to become farmers in Box.
A Woman's Story - The story of Leah Cogswell who moved to Box when she married a local quarryman, William, and lived at Brookwell Cottage. Find out more about women's lives in late Victorian Box. Butchers at Box Hill - The contemporary archive of Elizabeth Abrahams who moved to Box a century ago. Never Had it So Good ! - Life in the 1950s and 1960s was very different with wartime restrictions and simple pleasures. Clive Banks recalls his happy childhood and teenage years in Box. Children's Clubs - Continuing our series about clubs in Box, we find out about Sunday School outings and a famous pop singer at the Boys' Club. Mary Deane - Diary of famous author uncovered. |
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What's the Link? - Do you know how this building (right) relates to Box and its residents? If not, you must read this fascinating story of a Box family and a world-famous theatre.
Underground Fete - Reconstructing the annual Box show through the remains of a poster left by a Box quarryman underground. A fascinating piece of forensic reconstruction. Quarr Close - The story of Box Hill is explored from the perspective of a plot of land which was owned by some of the most interesting people who lived in the village. Ringing the Changes - The bells in Box's St Thomas a Becket Church reveal a lot about the social history of the area. We review them close up and tell their story over a period of four hundred years. Middlehill Househunting - We published Martha Shaw's diary in the last issue; now we try to discover which house she and her family lived in during the 1850s. |
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Tudor and Stuart Box
The story of life in Box in the 1500s and 1600s has never been fully recorded. Yet it was a time of massive change and the incredible evolution of the village from a medieval world to modern times. In this first issue of 2016 we start with the death of John Thrift in the Box bell tower in the mid-1600s, extracts from Box's first historian John Aubrey, and the fascinating story of the Webb Family who lived at Coles Farm. You can find about future stories from the events recorded in the Tudor & Stuart Timeline. |
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Previous Series Index
This is a new heading where you can still find all the articles from the special series of previous years and add to them or correct them if needed. Great War - The effect of World War 1 on Box Late Victorian - How modern Box was shaped Please Tell us Your Views
We welcome all corrections and additions and your suggestions for stories about the village and its people. |
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With Your Help we discovered
Thanks to everyone who has written with news of their family or memories of Box people and areas in the village.
As a Community site, we rely on your contributions, so please keep your messages coming. Here are recent updates:
More Bullock Clocks - They have gone all over Britain and abroad and most owners report they are keeping perfect time.
Townsend and Gilby Families - The connection came from Malmesbury - via Rob in Australia
Boxfields Football 1958 - Various Boxfield residents solved several names. Can you fill in any gaps?
Old Jockey House - Its owners and underground illustration
Rachel Amelia Lee - London Exhibition of this Box woman but can you help with a photo please?
If you have a photo or can help in any of our stories, please contact us via the Contact tab.
Thanks to everyone who has written with news of their family or memories of Box people and areas in the village.
As a Community site, we rely on your contributions, so please keep your messages coming. Here are recent updates:
More Bullock Clocks - They have gone all over Britain and abroad and most owners report they are keeping perfect time.
Townsend and Gilby Families - The connection came from Malmesbury - via Rob in Australia
Boxfields Football 1958 - Various Boxfield residents solved several names. Can you fill in any gaps?
Old Jockey House - Its owners and underground illustration
Rachel Amelia Lee - London Exhibition of this Box woman but can you help with a photo please?
If you have a photo or can help in any of our stories, please contact us via the Contact tab.
About Us
We are a not-for-profit website for people who are interested in the history of Box village, in the county of Wiltshire, and its surrounding hamlets. The site publishes articles about the people who lived here and how the village developed. It is also a Community website where you can record your story and that of your ancestors.
You can contact us via the Contact tab with your ideas or email us at boxpeopleandplaces@yahoo.co.uk.
Can't Find Something?
All previous issues are still available to access using the Previous Issues tab. You can track the people who have contributed from the Index by Author tab.Or go into People Index or Places Index for a list of articles and the chance to search the whole website for particular items.
We are a not-for-profit website for people who are interested in the history of Box village, in the county of Wiltshire, and its surrounding hamlets. The site publishes articles about the people who lived here and how the village developed. It is also a Community website where you can record your story and that of your ancestors.
You can contact us via the Contact tab with your ideas or email us at boxpeopleandplaces@yahoo.co.uk.
Can't Find Something?
All previous issues are still available to access using the Previous Issues tab. You can track the people who have contributed from the Index by Author tab.Or go into People Index or Places Index for a list of articles and the chance to search the whole website for particular items.