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Survey of English Place-Names

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Foxley

Other OS name in the Parish of Coulsdon

Historical Forms

  • Fox(e)le 1279,1294 Ass 1431 Chertsey
  • Great, Lyttle Foxley 1552 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Fox (e )le 1279, 1294Ass , 1431Chertsey , Great , Lyttle Foxley 1552 Pat . ' Fox clearing or wood , ' v. leah .