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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.

Foxley Covert

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kintbury

Historical Forms

  • Foxlies Coppice 1587 RentSur
  • Foxley Copps 1590 Moulton
  • Foxley 1592 RecOffCat
  • Foxlegh 1227 Ch
  • Foxlegh' 13th ReadingC

Etymology

Foxley Covert, Foxlies Coppice 1587RentSur , Foxley Copps 1590 Moulton, Foxley 1592RecOffCat . This is probably Foxlegh 1227 Ch (corresponding to Foxcot , probably an erroneous form, 1221 Pat), Foxlegh '13thReadingC . 'Fox-wood', v. lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement