Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Boxley

Boxley, par. and vil., mid. Kent, 2 miles NE. of Maidstone, 5787 ac. (of which 26 are water), pop. 1530; vestiges of the abbey (1146) still remain.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Boxley AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Boxley

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