Boxley

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Boxley

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From Old English box (“box-tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Boxleys

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758).
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{boxley_2026,
  title = {Boxley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boxley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}