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.

Foxholes

Major Settlement in the Parish of Foxholes

Historical Forms

  • Foxele, Foxohole 1086 DB
  • Foxhol(e), Foxhola, Foxholo 1086 DB 1100–15 MaryR 1353 Ipm
  • Foxholes 1127–37 MaryR 1531 Test
  • Foxhols c.1250–1402 Whitby
  • Foxholis 1300 YI
  • Foxhollys 1519 FF
  • Foxhallis 1531 Test
  • Foxola 1161–84 StoweCh
  • Foxoles 1276 RH 1316 NomVill
  • Fouxholes 1448 Bridl

Etymology

'Fox-earths,' v. fox-hol.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement