Box, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Box, a hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Gloucestershire, ½ a mile W of Minchinhampton.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
The parish register of the Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, dates from the year 1555.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
Iron Mission Chapel
The iron mission chapel is connected with the parish church of the Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Box are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.