| Box End | |
|---|---|
  Box End Location within Bedfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL0048 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK43 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Box End (or Kempston Box End) is a village in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Kempston Rural.
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The settlement was one of the hamlets (or "Ends") of Kempston. Today, Box End forms part of the Kempston Rural civil parish.
Box End has a watersports and activity leisure centre. [1] The village pub, the Slaters Arms, began as a beerhouse with the first reference to it being one of six cottages settled on Thomas Mitchell and his wife Sarah Ann in 1853. It closed in December 2013. [2] [3]
Box End House has been a Grade II* listed building since 1977. It is a late-16th-century timber-framed house, probably originally of H-plan. The right-hand cross wing has been removed, however, and a gable end built up with stone rubble. In 1847 a new principal range was built, parallel with the original, facing south. In 1977 an early 17th-century wall painting was uncovered in a first floor room showing bull-baiting and was the catalyst for listing the entire building. [4]
