The name Boxmoor derives from the box tree a bushy inhabitant of the chalky hills that surround the location.
On escaping, Hemel and Ronnie reach Boxmoor ahead of schedule, and deliver their cargo before travelling empty to Birmingham.
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Hemel and Ronnie deliver a cargo of lemon peel from Brentford to Boxmoor, meeting an inept mariner (Eric Sykes) en route.
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The summer grazing of rare breed cattle (Belted Galloway) and sheep (Norfolk Horns) continues and the "Boxmoor ponies" are a local attraction.
Oxhey grew during the mid-19th century with the coming of the London and Birmingham Railway from London Euston to Boxmoor in 1837, the settlement being developed to house railway workers.