Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Foxton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Osmotherley

Historical Forms

Fo(u)stune 1086 DB

Foxtun(e), Foxton(a) 1088 LVD50d

Focston 1233 Ebor

Fosceton 1349 Test

Etymology

v. fox , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement