distinguish Box, Gloucestershire infobox UK place country England official name Box unitary england Wiltshire Council Wiltshire lieutenancy england Wiltshire region South West England population 3,439 population ref 2001 census os grid reference longitude 2.252197 latitude 51.414732 dial code postcode district postcode area post town constituency westminster Box is a village located in Wiltshire , England , about convert 8 km mi abbr on east of Bath, Somerset Bath and convert 11 km mi abbr on west of Chippenham, Wiltshire Chippenham . It is quite a large parish with several settlements, apart from the village of Box, within its boundaries. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 census , the village had a population of 3,439. It is in an area known for its fine stone and Box quarries were famous for their stone for centuries. Today Box is best known for its Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel designed Box Tunnel Box railway tunnel . But this is modern history from around 1840 to the present day and occupation here dates back at least to Roman Empire Roman times. Geography The parish is bisected diagonally by the steep sided Bybrook River Bybrook Valley with settlements on the higher ground on either side. Although the Bybrook River Bybrook would have been an early communication route, later main routes by passed the village of Box until 1761. Until then the Chippenham to Bath, Somerset Bath road followed a route to the south of the town, leaving Pickwick, near Corsham , passing through Chapel Plaister to the crossroads, now known as Five Ways, Wiltshire Box Five Ways . From there it took the route through Blue Vein and through Kingsdown, Box Kingsdown to Bathford . In 1761 the road through Box was Turnpike trust turnpiked under the Bricker s Barn Roads Trust, creating a more direct route the present A4 road Great Britain A4 . It was not until around 1830 that another main road was built into Box. This left the crossroads culture crossroads to the south of Chapel ... more details
city region GB name Batheaston ref name bathavonrd Image High Street, Bathford geograph.org.uk 809104.jpg ... 100px Bathford Civil parish center 1,753 Bathavon Rural District coord 51.39 2.30 type city region GB name Bathford ref name bathavonrd File Cameley church 2.JPG alt Side of stone building with arched ... more details
01 10 ref Shockerwick House sort 36 c . 1750 sort 85 John Wood, the Elder Bathford gbmappingsmall ST789669 ... House, Bathford work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 2009 01 10 ref Church ... more details
ref name bathavonrd Image High Street, Bathford geograph.org.uk 809104.jpg alt Street scene with yellow stone houses on the left and trees showing above a wall on the right 100px Bathford Civil ... name Bathford ref name bathavonrd File Cameley church 2.JPG alt Side of stone building with arched ... more details
Junction Railway 1917 Bathampton railway station Bathampton Great Western Railway GWR 1966 Bathford Halt railway station Bathford Halt Great Western Railway GWR 1965 Bathgate Lower railway station ... more details
Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 pp move vandalism small yes infobox UK place country England official name City of Bath static image name Royal.crescent.aerial.bath.arp.jpg static image caption small The Royal Crescent in Bath small static image alt Aerial view of a semicircular terrace of houses with matching fronts but a variety of different styles at the rear population 83,992 population ref ref name citypop latitude 51.38 longitude 2.36 map alt Map of Somerset, with a red dot showing the position of Bath in the north east corner label position left unitary england Bath and North East Somerset region South West England lieutenancy england Somerset constituency westminster Bath UK Parliament constituency Bath post town BATH postcode area BA postcode district BA1, BA2 dial code 01225 os grid reference ST745645 london distance convert 99 mi km 0 Boxing the compass E Bath IPAc en icon b or IPAc en b is a city status in the United Kingdom city in the Ceremonial counties of England ceremonial county of Somerset in the South West England south west of England. It is situated convert 97 mi km 0 west of London and convert 13 mi km 0 south east of Bristol . The population of the city is 83,992. ref name citypop cite web url http www.bathnes.gov.uk councilanddemocracy statisticsandcensusinformation Pages default.aspx publisher Bath and North East Somerset District Council title Population Statistics accessdate 25 January 2011 ref It was granted List of cities in the United Kingdom city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, ref name bath insignia cite web url http www.thecityofbath.co.uk civic insignia.htm title Civic Insignia accessdate 10 December 2007 work City of Bath ref and was made a county borough in 1889 which gave it Administrative counties of England administrative independence from its county, Somerset . The city became part of Avon county Avon when that non metropolitan county county was created in ... more details
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