Foxton, Cambridgeshire
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Foxton, a small village in South Cambridgeshire, England, is celebrated in Rowland Parker's classic of local history The Common Stream (1975) (ISBN 0-89733-391-8). It has a number of perfectly preserved fifteenth and sixteenth century houses, and a thirteenth century church dedicated to St Laurence.
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[edit] Demographics
Foxton's population is currently around 1,250 (1,161 in 2001 census) split approximately 80:20 adults to children and occupying about 480 houses.
[edit] Amenities
Foxton has a mainline rail station to London and is on the main bus routes to Cambridge and Royston. The village has a public house, village shop and post office, primary school, learning centre, educational trust (Villiers Park) and is home to the Burlington Press.
The village has a conservation area Foxton Dovecot and Meadow "established" in 2006.
[edit] References
- Friends of the Dovecot Meadow (2006) Foxton Dovecot and Meadow. Foxton, UK: Friends of the Dovecot Meadow, [16]p.
[edit] External links
- Foxton Website
- Another Foxton village website
- SCDC Factsheet on Foxton
- Villiers Park Educational Trust
- Burlington Press
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