Boxworth is a village in South Cambridgeshire, situated about eight miles to the north-west of Cambridge.

[5] Boxworth's population, once considerable, shrank severely after the Middle Ages before recovering to reach a peak of c350 in the mid-19th century.

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boxworth like this: "BOXWORTH, a parish in the district of St. Ives and county of Cambridge; 3 miles WSW of Long-Stanton r. station, and 5 SSE of St. Ives.

Recorded from the mid-12th century, when relics of St. 'Inicius' were said to be deposited there, the church of St Peter is an ancient edifice of flint and stone in the Decorated style, consisting of a chancel, a nave of four bays, a south aisle, north and south porches and a lofty, embattled tower containing a clock and one bell: in the church is a monument to Nicholas Saunderson LLD, FRS, the celebrated blind professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, who died on 19 April 1739.

This is considerably less traffic-calming than is found in surrounding villages, which make heavy use of road humps and speed-reduction signs.

[citation needed] Between 2003 and 2005, plans were drawn up to build a wind farm on arable land in the north of Boxworth.

A total of 16 turbines were planned, and a number of residents of the village started a campaign[9] called "Stop Cambridge Wind Farm", with the aim of blocking the windfarm's construction.