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Foxley
Hob Uid: 208612
Location : Wiltshire Norton
Grid Ref : ST8950086000
Summary : Suggested Deserted Medieval Village. Church, Norman and later with supposed Saxon work. The available aerial photographs which cover this area have been examined as part of the Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme, and there was no visible sign of this site.
More information : (ST 89708595) Church (NAT) (ST 895860) Foxley. (1) Foxley listed as having less than ten householders in 1428, now a single farm. (2) Church, no dedication, Early English with additions. (3) The church is in normal use. There are no indications of a deserted medieval village either on the ground or on air photographs. There are still some eight dwellings in the village. (4) No significant markings visible on air photograph (b). (5) ST 896860. Deserted medieval village of Foxley, listed. (6) Foxley was held by Roger of Berkeley at Domesday, when there is also mention of a mill. Aldret held it in the reign of Edward (1042-66). (7) The parish church at Foxley has a late Norman nave arcade and there are 14th century windows and an 18th century tower. There are "signs of Saxon masonry" (not listed in Taylor and Taylor's Anglo Saxon Architecture). Grade A. (8) The available aerial photographs which cover this area have been examined as part of the Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme, and there was no visible sign of this site (9).

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Source details : OS 6" Prov 1955
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Source details : Lost Villages of Eng 1954 390 (M W Beresford)
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : Russell Priest/09-AUG-2010/Cotswold Hills NMP
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Source details : Bdgs of Eng - Wilts 1963 223-4 (N Pevsner)
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Source details : F1 JP 28-NOV-67
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Source details : APs 106G/UK/1721/3163-4
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Source details : F2 JGB 23-MAY-79
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Source Number : 5b
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Source details : AP (OS/76/153/009)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Deserted Medieval Villages (Ed M Beresford & J G Hurst) 1971 206 (Ed J Sheail)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : VCH Wilts 2 1955 21-2 154 (R R Darlington)
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Malmesbury RD Wilts March 1950 18
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 88 NE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-11-28
End Date : 1967-11-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-05-23
End Date : 1979-05-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-10-01
End Date : 2010-10-01

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Foxley