His work was published in two books and many journal articles; although many of his conclusions are now thought doubtful, his collection of archaeological finds still exists.
While visiting country churches to consult their registers in the course of his professional work, Bloxam began making the observations which led to his subsequent knowledge of ecclesiastical architecture.
While still under articles he began collecting the notes which he was to publish in 1829 as The Principles of Gothic Architecture elucidated by Question and Answer (Leicester, 1829).
[4] At the suggestion of Sir George Gilbert Scott, Bloxam set about preparing an enlarged edition, which eventually appeared in three volumes in 1882, containing additional chapters on vestments and on church arrangements.
In October 1876, in an effort to refute the assertion that carrying the ball had been an ancient tradition, he wrote to The Meteor, the Rugby School magazine, that he had learnt from an unnamed source that the change from a kicking game to a handling game had "..originated with a town boy or foundationer of the name of Ellis, William Webb Ellis".