Foxholes, North Yorkshire

Foxholes
Foxholes
Foxholes shown within North Yorkshire
Population 249 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference TA011723
Civil parish
  • Foxholes
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Foxholes is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the B1249 road, 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.

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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