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, 9 miles (14.5 km) south from Scarborough, 11 miles (17.7 km) north-west from Bridlington, and 7 miles (11.3 km) north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village.
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.svg)  Foxholes Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 249 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TA011723 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DRIFFIELD |
| Postcode district | YO25 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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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.
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St Mary's Church, Foxholes is a Grade II listed former Anglican church, an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones[2] Pevsner describes this neo-Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north aisle piers are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... FONT. Obtrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Foxholes Parish (1170217239)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Foxholes (1174524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975) [1972]. The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (reprint). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Penguin. p. 232. ISBN 0140710434.
External links
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Media related to Foxholes, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons
- "Foxholes: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892. (Bulmers')", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2012
- Foxholes in the Domesday Book
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