Place:Foxholes with Boythorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameFoxholes with Boythorpe
Alt namesBoythorpesource: hamlet in parish
Foxholes-with Boythoropesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.1368°N 0.4528°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoDickering Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Driffield Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was a civil parish 1894-1935
Norton Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which the parish was situated 1935-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englandadministrative district in which it is now located
source: Family History Library Catalog


Historically, Foxholes was an ecclesiastical parish in the Dickering Wapentake and Boythorpe was a hamlet within the parish.

Foxholes with Boythorpe was a civil parish located in Driffield Rural District from 1894 until 1935. In 1935 the boundaries of the rural districts of Driffield, Norton and Sherburn were redrawn. Sherburn was abolished entirely and the civil parishes of Luttons Ambo, Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe, Butterwick and Foxholes with Boythorpe (which are in a line from west to east) moved from Driffield to Norton. Compare the maps Ordnance Survey 1900 and Ordnance Survey 1944.

With the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Norton Rural District was abolished and the municipal government of the area was taken over by the Rydale District in North Yorkshire.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Foxholes.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Foxholes provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Foxholes.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.