Foxearth

Other current and historical names

Foscearde

Parish/Community: Foxearth
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'11"N 0°40'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 583473, 244641
OS Grid: TL834446
Mapcode Local: GBR QH2.9KL
Mapcode Global: VHJHM.N7GM

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Foxearth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Foxearth in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Foxearth, par., E. Essex, 3½ miles NW. of Sudbury, 1683 ac., pop. 390; P.O.

Foxearth in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, nineteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Households: 10 smallholders; 19 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 22 acres

British Place Names

Foxearth, Essex

Foxearth is a village in Essex

Foxearth in historic gazetteers

Foxearth in the Domesday Book