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Issue 14:   Civil War and Changes in Box   November 2016

When we talk about a century we imply that is is a single unit in history but this isn't true. A hundred years covers a very long time, four generations in a family story, and few of us know first-hand about our great-grandparents. This lack of continuity is also true of buildings; a lot changes over the course of a century, as you can see from the maps below.
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Andrews' & Dury's map of 1773 redrawn 1810 (courtesy Wilts History Centre)
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Extract of map of Northey Estate Sale, 1919 (courtesy Wilts History Centre)
The maps show the modern hamlet of Old Jockey, then called Cuffs Corner in the hamlet of Hatt. Much has changed including the road access to Hatt House. Find out more about the area in the History of Old Jockey Farm.
Tudor and Stuart Articles
We conclude our series on Tudor and Stuart Box with brand new research into village life and its people, especially during the English Civil War when 215,000 people died.
Box in the English Civil War - The war killed a greater proportion of people than World War 1. How was Box affected?
Marsh Family - Amazing new research on Richard Marsh, who was Box's parish clerk in 1599.
Wolf Hall and Box - Modern Box family who are related to the Seymours of Wolf Hall. Who are they?
Civil War People - People who lived in Box in Stuart times and during the English Civil War.

People Index
Weeks Family - Employee gatherings were once commonplace in the village. The photo right shows quarrymen at the Railway Station stoneyard (courtesy Eddie Weeks).
Brand New Book of Norman Box - Jane Cox's amazing investigation into the origins of Box and its founders the Bigods and Bohuns. We have a review of this wonderful work.
William Jeffery Brown - The rise of a Wadswick farming family, one of many yeoman farmers in England, and the story of a national ploughing champion.
Waifs and Strays Orphan - Story of Roy Bradley, an orphan boy, adopted by the family who lived at Sunnyside Lodge, next door to the orphanage.
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Places Index
Ashley House - Origins reconstructed with history of residents from bankrupt millionaire to Member of Parliament.
Dorma Poultry Farm - When a house on Box Hill was run as an abattoir and then as a poultry smallholding.
Talking Wall - Boxfields life recalled by a garden wall and the people who visited the area in the 1950s, including ice-cream man, seen left, courtesy Lucas Family.
Boxfield Memories - Are you in our fabulous pictures of Box Highlands schoolchildren from the 1940s? We need your help in naming them all.
Box Hill Common - The village's fight for public access, massed meetings, House of Lords appeal and generosity and community sense.

Series Index
Great War, 1914 - 18 - Reliving the story of Box in the First World War.
Late Victorian, 1870 - 1920s - Village life in Victorian heyday.
Box NATS History Trails - The first three trails reconstructed.

Rail and Quarry Era : Arriving in Box in 2017
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JC Bourne's illustration of 1847
Throughout next year we are focusing on what happened in Box in the years 1830 to 1870, and in particular on the changes effected by the railways and the quarry industry.
To launch our project, famous railway historian, Rosa Matheson, has written a Box Tunnel timeline exclusively for us.

Rosa is a national authority on railways and the little-recorded stories of women's involvement in railway history. Signed copies of Rosa's books can be bought direct from author via [email protected]. She also gives talks on her subjects.
To find out more about Rosa and the huge number of her books please look at:https://www.waterstones.com/author/rosa-matheson/1464460
With Your Help
Thanks to readers who have written with details of their family or memories of Box people and areas in the village in the past.
As a Community site, we rely on your contributions, so please keep your messages coming. Here are recent updates:
More Betty Shop - Readers' memories of the ladies' shop
Brookwell Concluded - Lisa said I Was Born There
Poorhouse School - The Charity School considered
Memories from Second World War - Box people recalled
French Revel-ution Revels - Selwyn Hall invaded
Percy Chandler - Taxi driver details picked up


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