Foxton
Foxton is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north-west of Stockton-on-Tees, near Stillington. The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words fox and denu meaning valley frequented by foxes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Foxton, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Divine Church and St Peter’s Church, Bishopton.
St Peter’s Church, Bishopton
Church
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is in the village of Bishopton, County Durham, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Stockton, the archdeaconry of Auckland, and the diocese of Durham. St Peter’s Church, Bishopton is situated 2½ miles south of Foxton.
Church of St Edmund
Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Edmund is a Church of England parish church in Sedgefield, County Durham. The church is a Grade I listed building and dates from the 13th century. Church of St Edmund is situated 2½ miles north of Foxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stillington and Old Stillington.
Stillington
Village
Stillington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stillington and Whitton, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England, northwest of Stockton-on-Tees.
Old Stillington
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stillington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stillington and Whitton, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England, northwest of Stockton-on-Tees.
Elstob
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elstob is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Foxton.
Foxton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Sedgefield, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.61778° or 54° 37′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.43987° or 1° 26′ 24″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9C6WJH96+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 433898421OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Foxton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Foxton, County Durham”
- French: “Foxton”
- Irish: “Foxton”
- Japanese: “フォクストン”
- Japanese: “フォックストン”
- Polish: “Foxton (Durham)”
- Polish: “Foxton”
- Welsh: “Foxton, Swydd Durham”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stillington Post Office and William Cassidi Church of England Aided Primary School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Foxton”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.