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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foxcote like this:
FORSCOTE, or Foxcote, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; near the Bath canal, 6½ miles SW by S of Bath r. station. Post town, Midsomer-Norton, under Bath. Acres, 580. Real property, £799. Pop., 46. Houses, 11. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £150.* Patron, Sir J. Smyth, Bart. The church is recent.
Foxcote is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Foxcote itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foxcote in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12861
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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