Foxholes, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

FOXHOLES:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"FOXHOLES, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 10 miles N. of Great Driffield, its post town, and 16 E. of Old Malton. It includes the township of Foxholes, and the hamlet of Boythorpe. The Scarborough and Driffield road passes through the village. A brass and iron foundry affords employment to a portion of the people. The lower grounds are watered by several brooks, and the stream called the Gypsies terminates its course here. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of York, value £531. The church is an ancient structure of stone. The nave is separated from the chancel by a fine Norman arch. There is also the district church of Butterwick, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £47, in the gift of the rector. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a parochial school. Admiral Mitford is lord of the manor."

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"BOYTHORPE, a township in the parish of Foxholes, wapentake of Dickering, in the East Riding of the county of York, 11 miles to the W. of Burlington."

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"BUTTERWICK, a township and chapelry in the parish of Foxholes, wapentake of Dickering, in the East Riding of the county of York, 10 miles to the N. of Great Driffield, its post town. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of York, worth £47, in the patronage of the Rector of Foxholes."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013