In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Box Moor like this:
BOX-MOOR, a chapelry in Hemel-Hampstead parish, Herts; on the Grand Junction canal and the North Western railway, 2½ miles NW by N of Kings-Langley. It has a station on the railway, from which omnibuses run to Hemel-Hampstead; and a post office† of the name of Box-Moor, Hertfordshire. ...
It was constituted in 1844, Rated property, with Hemel-Hampstead, £25,772. Pop., 3,813. Houses, 787. The property is much subdivided. The scenery in the neighbourhood of the r. station is very rich and beautiful; and the moor, whence the name is taken, is at some distance. The railway, northward from the station, passes over an embankment, with fine views; crosses the Box-Lane viaduct; and runs parallel with the canal. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Hemel-Hampstead. The church is good.
Box Moor through time
Box Moor is now part of Dacorum district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dacorum has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Box Moor itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Box Moor, in Dacorum and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21347
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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