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.
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[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ 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
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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