BOX RIVER NEWS
The Box River News was started in August 2000 following the establishment of the Box River Benefice consisting of Boxford, Edwardstone, Groton, Little Waldingfield and Newton Green. The newsletter is delivered free to all households within the Benefice.
Eddie Kench lovingly published the BRN since the first issue in August 2000, making this year its 25th year! Sadly Eddie passed away in early 2021 from Covid-19 and has now been succeeded as editor by Trudi Wild, whom he had been coaching to take over from him for a number of years prior.
To date, approximately 525,600 copies of the BRN have been printed!
The Box River News is self-supported by local advertising and is published at no cost to the Benefice itself.
Content and advertising submissions for publication are gladly received.
The deadline is usually the 15th of each month for inclusion in the next issue.
All editions available digitally are provided here for posterity and research. Please contact us for more information.
2019 EDITIONS
Boxford Fireworks 2019,
Boxford Bike Club £6,000 for Charity This Year,
Boxford Gardening Society AGM, Edwardstone Goes Back to the 80s! General Election 2019 - Local Candidates, Exploring a Medieval Manor - A Talk by Ashley Cooper,
Hadleigh and Boxford PPG, By The Way - Nicholas Bristow, Ken King - Last of our D-Day Heroes.
Catesby Sand Hill Planning Application
Boxford's Fun Dog Show, All Change at the Boxford Society, Scouts Volunteering in Primrose Wood, Groton Winthrop Mulberry Trust Concert, The Watery Places of Suffolk - A Talk By Pip Wright, Over the Counter Medicine, Youth Teams at Boxford Rovers.
'Weavers' Green' Planning Application,
Rev Rob Formally Instituted and Inducted,
Hadleigh and Boxford Patient Participation Group,
Blooming' Shakespeare - St. Bartholomew's Flower Festival,
A Garland of Song - Little Waldingfield's Flower Festival,
Janet Grace Edwards, Shoebox Appeal 2019,
By The Way, Milden V Twinstead.
The American Tree,
Boxford Gardening Society Spud Day, Little Waldingfield History Society Day Trip to Historic Harwich, Luke Whitwell Takes on Nevelli, Milden CC V Freston CC, Gardening in September, The Groton Croft Needs Your Support, By The Way, International Award Won by Boxford Farms, SESAW, Boxford Bowls Club Annual Open Tournament.
Rev Rob Moves In
Team ITFC Cycle to Amsterdam for Prostate Charity, Milden Singers, Nethergate Brewery - Little Waldingfield History Society Outing, LWHS Outing to Long Melford, By The Way - NS Bristow, Little Grey Fergies, Feedback from York, Newton Green's Golf Festival, SBN Win John Day Trophy Quarter Final, The Under 12s Pick Up Their Trophies.
THE REV ROBERT PARKER-MCGEE RECTOR OF THE BOX RIVER BENEFICE
Petition Against Catesby Estates Planning Application, Who Killed The Farmer???,
James Finch Chairman of SCC, The History of Languard Fort - A Talk by David Wood, Catesby Estates Planning Application Rejected by Villagers, Boxford Gardens Open 2nd June, Boxford Petition Against Catesby Estates Planning Application Delivered to Babergh District Council, Senior Citizens Outing 2019, By The Way - NS Bristow, Winter Wonderland Spectacular At Stoke, Stoke By Nayland Hotel Take The Crown, Junior Golf A Big Hit At Newton Green Golf Club, Former Boxford Rovers Youth Players Hold the League Cup, Boxford Rovers Under 12 Reds Pick Up Their Trophies.
MAN OF THE MATCH
Boxford Tornado 2019, Notice of a Public Meeting, Rev Judith in Reepham,
The Rev'd John Heigham Steggal - A Talk By Pip Wright, RSPB big garden birdwatch results for Suffolk's garden birds, The Boxford Society's Response to the Proposed Weavers Green Development, 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Boxford Rovers Football Club, SESAW, Gardening in June, By the Way, Forty Years On.
Double U12 Teams League Champs
To Relieve Need and Distress - The Story of East Anglian Almshouses by Sarah Doig,
Local Elections May 2nd 2019,
By The Way, Parish Council Matters, A Development Too Far Part 2.
Boxford Rovers Youth FC in the USA,
Boxford Playing Fields Committee News, Boxford Bike Club Charity Quiz Night,
Simply Suffolk - A Tour of Suffolk Pub Signs by John Goodhand, Trip of a Lifetime, Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb, By The Way, Bill Horne 1944-2019, Community Achievement Award, Boxford Society Latest Developments, 24 hour Bike Ride for Suffolk Mind Charity, Boxford Rovers New Sponsor.
Fun and Games Night 2019
Weavers Green, Rocking in the Aisles, Discovering the Green Man - A Talk By Roger Green,
A Home For The Press, How Counselling Can Help, Leaving Groton for Lancashire - 1836: The Rudland Family of Groton, SESAW, Festival of Golf at Stoke, Cheques for Wooden Spoon and Prostate Cancer.
The Future of Boxford Society, Boxford Youth Football Club, Catesby Estates, Little Waldingfield's Festival of Carols in Flowers, Bonfires and Bells - a talk by Dr. Kate Jewell, Weavers Green - A Development Too Far, The American Tree, GP/Citizens Advice Outreach Scheme, Boxford Bounty, Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan KCVO FSA 1924 - 2019, Win a Balloon Flight for Two, The Names on our War Memorials, Football at Boxford.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you all
Grand Christmas Fair, Groton's Cheese and Wine Party,
Christmas Greetings, thanks and blessings from Reepham, The Silk Trade of England - Richard Humphries, Boxford's New Little Wine Shop, Harry Buckledee, Laura Wins the K&S Cup, Awards for 3PRs Responders, Milden Singers, Winter Warmers, Boxford in the 18th Century, Cecil Hughes MBE, Boxford Drama Group's Sleeping Beauty.
