Foxholes, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.1368°N -0.4528°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Foxholes
Population:249
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Foxholes
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:DRIFFIELD
Postcode District:YO25
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:TA011723

Foxholes is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Foxholes with Butterwick. It lies where the B1249 road crosses the Great Wold Valley, 9miles south from Scarborough, 11miles north-west from Bridlington, and 7miles north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village.

Until 1974, the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district.

Foxholes Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary, and is an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones Pevsner describes this neo-Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north pier's are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... Font: obstrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. Nikolaus Pevsner. The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. 232. Penguin . 1972. reprint. 1975. Pevsner Architectural Guides. 0140710434.