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Survey of English Place-Names

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Foxhole Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Silverstone

Historical Forms

  • le Foxholes 1365 For
  • Foxehall al. Monckes 1612 BM

Etymology

is le Foxholes 1365For , Foxehall al. Monckes 1612 BM , representing the land in the parish held by the monks of St Andrew 's Priory , Northampton .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement