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The Ancient Parish of FOXHOLES
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"FOXHOLES, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering; 6 miles SW. of Hunmanby. The parish church (see Churches for photograph) is a rectory, in the patronage of the Sykes' family; there is also a Methodist Chapel. Pop. with Boythorp, 169.""BOYTHORPE, a hamlet in the parish of Foxholes, and wapentake of Dickering; 1¼ miles SW. of Foxholes, 10 miles N. of Great Driffield. Population with Foxholes, 160."
"BUTTERWICK, in the parish of Foxholes, wapentake of Dickering; 1¾ miles SW. of Foxholes, 7 miles N. of Driffield. There is a Chapel of Ease (see Churches for photograph), of which the Rev. Wm. Preston is curate, and the rector of Foxholes is patron. Population, 98."
"FALKNER HALL, (or Falconers Hall) (the seat of the late Col. Thornton, unoccupied,) in the township of Butterwick, and parish of Foxholes; 10 miles from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of over 120 gravestones and plaques at Foxholes with linked surname index..
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St Mary's Church, Foxholes.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The left hand East Window
- The right hand East Window
- The font
- The ex-Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Foxholes.
- St Nicholas' Church, Butterwick.
- St Mary's Church, Foxholes.
- Transcript of the entry for Foxholes in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Butterwick in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Butterwick.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Foxholes.
- The List of Rectors in St. Mary's Church, Foxholes.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Post Office Directory of the, East and North Ridings, 1857
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Scarborough Gazette of 1905,
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Foxholes to another place.
- In 1858, the chapelry of Butterwick (in this parish) became a parish in its own right. See Butterwick Parish.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA013731 (Lat/Lon: 54.143754, -0.450739), Foxholes which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The Roll of Honour for WWI in St. Mary's Church, Foxholes.
- The Memorial Plaque for WWII in St. Mary's Church, Foxholes.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (TA002721) Boythorpe Cottage
- (TA011730) Foxholes Manor
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish