Place:


Foxton  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foxton like this:

FOXTON AND SHOTTON, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham; near the Clarence railway, 7 miles NW by W of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 1, 787. Real property, £746. Pop., 56. Houses, 8. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John; and passed to the Russells of Brancepeth.

Foxton through time

Foxton is now part of Sedgefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Foxton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foxton, in Sedgefield and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2956

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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