 It was on the floor of a villa dating from the 4th century AD.In AD 958 King Eadred granted property at "Boxore" to his servant Wulfric, and in 968 King Edgar the Peaceful granted a similar amount of property here to his servant Elfwin.Both men ceded their holdings to Abingdon Abbey, which thus held the whole manor of Boxford before the Norman Conquest of England.