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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foxton like this:
FOXTON AND SHOTTON, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham; near the Clarence railway, 7 miles NW by W of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 1, 787. Real property, £746. Pop., 56. Houses, 8. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John; and passed to the Russells of Brancepeth.
Foxton is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Foxton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foxton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2956
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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