English Heritage sites near Boxford Parish

Lindsey St James's Chapel

LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL

3 miles from Boxford Parish

A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.

Lexden Earthworks and Bluebottle Grove

LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE

9 miles from Boxford Parish

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.

Colchester, St Botolph's Priory

COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY

10 miles from Boxford Parish

The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.

St John's Abbey Gate

ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE

10 miles from Boxford Parish

This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.

Mistley Towers

MISTLEY TOWERS

11 miles from Boxford Parish

Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

16 miles from Boxford Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.


Churches in Boxford Parish

St Mary's, Boxford

Church Street Boxford, Sudbury
01787 210434
https://boxriverbenefice.com/

The Church of St Mary Boxford is part of a group of friendly and welcoming rural village churches, known as the Box River Benefice, which also includes: St Mary the Virgin, Edwardstone; St Bartholomew, Groton; St Lawrence, Little Waldingfield; and All Saints, Newton.

Across the group of five churches we try to provide a mix of services, including:

Mid-week informal short communion services on Wednesdays, which are followed by coffee and time for a chat. These are held in Mary's House, which is a delightful church-owned cottage in the centre of Boxford village, a couple of doors away from the Post Office. It is also open to anyone on Tuesday mornings for tea or coffee for a small donation. More information is available in the Menu option for Mary's House.

Mid-morning Sunday services of Holy Communion or Morning Worship, one or two each week, one in Boxford on the first, second and third Sundays, all at 11:00, one in Newton on the fourth Sunday at 11:00, and one on the first, second and third Sundays in one of the other three churches, all at 09:30. These services are in modern language and are usually followed by refreshments.

Boxford has a robed choir and an active team of bellringers, both of which welcome new people, whether adults or young people, and training can be given in bellringing. The choir sings at all main services, except the Café Church service. Mid-morning services normally last about an hour, family services a little less, and early morning services last about 40 minutes.

If you are new to the Village and come to one of our services, please do make yourself known to a sidesperson so that you can be properly welcomed.

Details of all the current month's church services, together with information about other church and village events, are available online in the pages of the local Village Newspaper, the Box River News. Please see the Box River News option in the Menu. A copy of the current month's Service Rota for the Benefice can also be found in the Menu options.


Pubs in Boxford Parish

Fleece

Broad St, Boxford, CO10 5DX
(01787) 211183

Reopened in mid-May 2019 after being closed for nine months Former coaching inn. The building dates from the 16th century, with an 18th century frontage. According to Alfred Hedges' book, "Inns & Inn Signs of Norfolk & Suffolk, it's claime...
White Hart

Broad Street, Boxford, CO10 5DX
(01787) 703761

The 17th century pub is famous world-wide as once being the home of George 'Tornado' Smith, the famous Wall of Death motorbike rider, who thrilled crowds around the world with his daredevil act – often with his pet lion on the handlebars....