Box was originally a "working" village, populated largely by weavers and mill workers. Perhaps for that reason there seems to be very few drawings or paintings of Box during the 19th or even the early 20th centuries, and photographs are inevitably limited to the period subsequent to the availability of "affordable" cameras.

Even so, the pictures on this page offer a fascinating record of the village when it was far more functional and self-contained than it is now. Besides spotting the obvious difference of how the dwellings have changed over the years, note the absence of traffic and the rarity of trees, both of which came later as the village lost its commercial properties and became almost exclusively residential.

The photographs above show early photographs of Box Farm (left) and Trullwell (right).

Box Village Green, probably taken about 1914	Box Village Green, approximately 1935. Note the very recent addition of kerbing along the roadsides
The property above is now one dwelling, Box Green House, but was at one time 3 cottages as well as a shop. This view is taken from "The Cross" looking past the Village Green in the direction of Scar Hill.	Box Church in1951, showing the new stone building in construction around the old 'tin' church.
This view across the village is one of many taken over the years from Minchinhampton Common just below the Halfway House. In the foreground are fields where the Village Hall, its car park and the row of modern houses above them now stand.	Trullwell is pictured on the right and through the gate can be seen what was then a large glassshouse and, behind it, a hothouse or stove-house. On the left of the picture is The Studio, and St Giles is clearly visible in the centre background. This photgraph was taken in the early 20th century and shows Trullwell's wall with iron gates and railings. This open view is now partially obscured by a large hedge above the boundary wall and wooden gates.

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