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Foxhays, hamlet, St Thomas Exeter par., E. Devon.

FoxhillBank, in vicinity of Church, SE. Lancashire.

Foxhole, hamlet, 1¼ m. SE. of Swansea, Glamorgan.

Foxholes. — par., East-Riding Yorkshire, on the
AVolds, 10 miles N. of Driffield, 4305 ac., pop. 417;
P.O. ;
contains the township of
Foxholes with Boythorpe,
2526 ac., pop. 312.—2. Foxholes, seat, near Rochdale,
SE. Lancashire.

Foxlands, hamlet, Wath upon Dearne par., S. div.
AYest-Riding Yorkshire.

Foxley.—seat, in co. and 7¼ miles NW. of Hereford.
—2. Foxley, par., N. Norfolk, 2 miles S. of Foulsham,
1620 ac., pop. 220 ;
P.O.—3. Foxley, hamlet, Blakes-
ley, Litchborough, and Pattishall pars., S. Northamp-
tonshire, 4 miles NW. of Towcester.
—4. Foxley, par.,
N. AAilts, 3 miles SW. of Malmesbury, 735 ac., pop. 73.

Foxrock, sta. on Dublin and Bray Ry., in co. and 6
miles S. of Dublin;
P.O.

Foxt, hamlet with school, Ipstones and Checkley
pars., N. Staffordshire, 4 miles NE. of Cheadle.

Foxton.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Cambridge-
shire, 5 miles NE. of Royston, 1727 ac., pop. 415;
P.O.
—2. Foxton,
par., S. Leicestershire, on Union Canal,
3 miles NW. of Market Harborough, 2020 ac., pop. 348;
P.O.-—3. Foxton, hamlet, Osmotherly par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 5¼ miles NAA7. of Northallerton.

Foxton, seat, 1¼ mile NE. of Cupar, Fifeshire.

Foxton and Shotton, township, Sedgefield par., S.
Durham, 7m. NW. of Stockton-on-Tees, 1803 ac., pop. 48.

Foxup, hamlet, Arncliffe par., N. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 10 miles NE. of Settle.

Foy, par., SE. Herefordshire, on river Wye, 3 miles
NW. of Ross, 2322 ac., pop. 326.

Foyers, Falls of, near mouth of river Foyers, on E.
side of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire; the lower fall was
pronounced by Professor AYilson to be “ the most
magnificent cataract in Britain; ” the
River Foyers
flows 9 miles N. to Loch Ness, 10¼ miles NE. of Fort
Augustus; on the right bank, at its mouth (on the
site of the “General’s Hut”), is
Foyers Hotel, with
steamboat jetty; on the left bank is
Foyers House.

Foyle, river, cos. Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry;
is formed by the confluence of the Finn and the
Mourne at Lifford, and flows NE. to the head of Lough
Foyle at Culmore ; is 16 miles long, and is navigable for
vessels of 600 tons to the bridge of Londonderry.

Foyle, Lough, sea-inlet, between cos. Donegal and
Londonderry; 15 miles long, 10 miles in extreme
breadth, and 1 mile across the entrance. Its navigation
is much impeded by shallows.

Foynes, vil. with harb. and ry. sta., Robertstown
par., N. co. Limerick, on river Shannon, 5 miles NAA7.
of Askeaton, pop. 261;
P.O., T.O. Foynes Island lies
in the river, a little below the vil.

Foyran, par., N. co. Westmeath, on Lough Sheelin,
2 miles E. of Ballywillan ry. sta., 5377 ac., pop. 907.

Foze Rocks, on Innisreckilane island, AY. co. Kerry.

Fracaficld, hamlet, 3 miles from Lerwick, Shetland.

Frackford, hamlet, near Dunster, W. Somerset.

Fraddon, vil., 4 miles S. of St Columb Major, E.
Cornwall.

Fradley, township, Alrewas par., E. Stafford, on
Grand Trunk Canal, 4¼ miles NE. of Lichfield, pop. 3S0.

Fradswell, township, Colwich par., W. Stafford-
shire, 7¼ miles SE. of Stone, 1442 ac., pop. 199; con-
tains
Fradswell House.

Fraisthorpe, township, Carnaby par., East-Riding
Yorkshire,
4 m. SW. of Bridlington, 1782 ac.,pop. 104.

Frame Green, place, in par. and ¼ mile SE. of
Alphamstone, E. Essex.

Framepost, seat, 2 m. SW. of East Grinstead, Sussex.

Framlield, par. and vil., E. Sussex, near river Ouse,
1¼ mile SE. of Uckfield, 6468 ac., pop. 1527;
P.O.; con-
tains the seat of
Framlield Park.

Framilode, eccl. dist. and vil., Arlingham, Easting-
ton, Fretherne, and 4 other pars., E. Gloucestershire—
dist., pop. 477; vil., 8 miles SW. of Gloucester; here
is a ferry across the Severn.

Framingham Earl, par., S. Norfolk, 4¼ miles SE.
of Norwich; P.O.; contains
Framingham House. See
Earl Framingham.

Framingham Pigol, par., S. Norfolk, 4 miles SE.
of Norwich, 608 ac., pop. 234.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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