Foxton, Leicestershire

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Foxton parish church
Canal basin at Foxton
Total Population of Foxton Civil Parish, Leicestershire, as reported by the Census of Population from 1801 to 2011

Foxton (grid reference SP701900) is a village in Leicestershire, England, to the north-west of Market Harborough. It is on the Grand Union Canal and is the site of the Foxton Locks[1][2] and Foxton Inclined Plane.

Coordinates: 52°30′14″N 0°58′06″W / 52.5038°N 0.9684°W / 52.5038; -0.9684

In the 1880s, Foxton was described as:

par., S. Leicestershire, on Union Canal, 3 miles NW. of Market Harborough, 2020 ac., pop. 348; p.o.[3]

It had a population of 478 according to the 2011 census[4]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Foxton Locks on Waterscape website
  2. ↑ Foxton Locks website
  3. ↑ Bartholomew, John (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles. Edinburgh: Bartholomew. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Foxton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 

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