English Place-name Society

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.

Foxlow

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Etymology

, cf. Foxlowe meadow 1849TA , ' fox hill ' , v. fox , hlāw , perhaps the origin of the surname Foxelowe , Foxelawe c.1233Dow , 1290 Court et freq .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name