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.

Foxtowns End Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirtlington

Etymology

Foxtowns End Fm (6″). Cf. Foxtoneshull '1196 FF. 'Hill by a farm frequented by foxes,' v. fox , tūn , hyll : or fox -tūn might be equivalent to fox-cot(e).