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 (St Laurence).
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[edit] Location
Foxton is bisected by the A10 road and mainline rail line about 7 miles south of Cambridge, just off the Greenwich meridian at Lat: 52:06:54N (52.115) Lon: 0:03:30E (0.0584)
[edit] Demographics
Foxton's population is currently around 1,250 (1,181 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 main bus routes to Cambridge and Royston. The village has a Public House, Village Shop with Post Office, Primary School, Learning Centre, Educational Trust (Villiers Park) and is home to the Burlington Press.
