Foxholes in the Domesday Book (1086)
Foxholes appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Hunthow
- Auburn
- Bempton
- Bessingby
- Boynton
- Boynton [Hall]
- Bridlington
- Buckton
- Easton
- Flamborough
- Flixton
- Fraisthorpe
- Grindale
- Hilderthorpe
- Marton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Foxholes is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Foxholes.
Listed Buildings Near Foxholes
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Foxholes. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Church of St Mary - 0.68 km
Foxholes Today
Today Foxholes lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 257 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Foxholes on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Foxholes
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© John Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John S Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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