Foxholes, North Yorkshire

Foxholes is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Foxholes with Butterwick. It lies where the B1249 road crosses the Great Wold Valley, 9 miles (14.5 km) south from Scarborough, 11 miles (17.7 km) north-west from Bridlington, and 7 miles (11.3 km) north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village.

Foxholes
Foxholes
Location within North Yorkshire
Population249 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTA011723
Civil parish
  • Foxholes
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDRIFFIELD
Postcode districtYO25
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

St Mary's Church, Foxholes

Foxhole's Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary, and is an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones[2] Pevsner describes this neo-Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north pier's are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... Font: obstrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble.[3]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Foxholes Parish (1170217239)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Foxholes (1174524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975) [1972]. The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Pevsner Architectural Guides (reprint). Penguin. p. 232. ISBN 0140710434.

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