Foxholes is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Foxholes with Butterwick. It lies where the B1249 road crosses the Great Wold Valley, 9 miles (14.5 km) south from Scarborough, 11 miles (17.7 km) north-west from Bridlington, and 7 miles (11.3 km) north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village.

Foxholes
Foxholes Location within North Yorkshire
Population	249 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TA011723
Civil parish	Foxholes
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DRIFFIELD
Postcode district	YO25
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale)
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.13677°N 0.45284°W / 54.13677; -0.45284

Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Foxhole's Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Mary, and is an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones[2] Pevsner describes this neo-Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north pier's are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... Font: obstrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble.[3]

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Media related to Foxholes, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons

• "Foxholes: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892. (Bulmers')", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2012
• Foxholes in the Domesday Book

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