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FOXLEY (pop. 270)

 

CONTENTS

About Foxley - an Introduction.

Foxley Wood   An ancient Hunting Ground.  Famous today at bluebell time.

The Moated Manor   The fantastic moats of the  long-disappeared Manor House.

St Thomas'Church   An ancient church with family pews and an atmosphere of times 
                                   gone by.

FOXLEY's Plane Crash    Two Liberators collided over Foxley in July 1944

Surveyors' Land   Recently sold to raise money for the village. Dates back to the time 
                               of  the Enclosures.

The Village Hall

Moor Farm   Homes to rent.

A circular Walk.

OTHER  LOCAL   TOPICS

Satelite images of the area

  Old Maps of the area.

Roman  Road  Main West - East route crossing the Fens and across Norfolk.

Bylaugh Hall    Early Steel-framed building.  Lost at gambling. 

 

 


 

Much of the material drawn on is from Lorna Downs college project of 1982/83.
  Additional material is from the Reeve's Tale Magazine and the authors are shown.