Foxton

Other current and historical names

Foxetune

Built-Up Area: Foxton
Parish/Community: Foxton
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'53"N 0°3'30"E
Eastings/Northings: 541041, 248285
OS Grid: TL410482
Mapcode Local: GBR L8C.9LK
Mapcode Global: VHHKM.Y3QK

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

Foxton in historic gazetteers

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

Foxton.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Cambridgeshire, 5 miles NE. of Boyston, 1727 ac., pop. 415; P.O.

Foxton in the Domesday Book

A village in Thriplow hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 11 smallholders
- Meadow: 8 ploughs
- Mills: 0.5, value 10/7¼
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigar the steward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sigar the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1086
- Mills: 0.5

British Place Names

Foxton, Cambridgeshire

Foxton is a village in Foxton , Cambridgeshire

Foxton in historic gazetteers

Foxton in the Domesday Book