Foxton, County Durham
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Road at Foxton
Foxton is a small village in County Durham, England.[1][2] It is situated to the north-west of Stockton-on-Tees, near Stillington.
The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words fox and denu meaning valley frequented by foxes. The place-name appeared as Foxedene in c. 1170.[3]
References[]
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780199609086.
External links[]
Media related to Foxton, County Durham at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 54°37′03″N 1°26′21″W / 54.61746°N 1.4393°W
Categories:
- Villages in County Durham
- Sedgefield
- County Durham geography stubs