Foxton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).

OriginOld English fox →
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Meanings

proper nounFoxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

plural Foxtons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).
    2. countableuncountableA small village in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3624).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP7090).
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Thimbleby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4296).
    5. countableuncountableA town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfox“fox”
  2. EnglishFoxton

From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Foxton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxton

MLA

“Foxton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Foxton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxton.

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