Foxham, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Foxham, a tithing in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, near the river Avon and the Wilts and Berks Canal, 5 miles NE of Chippenham. It forms a curacy with Bremhill.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Foxham:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850-1911 | 1850-1911 |
Churches
Church of England
St. John
The church of St. John, rebuilt in 1880 at a cost of £2,300, is an edifice of stone, in the Early English style, from designs by Mr. William Butterfield, architect, consisting of chancel, nave and south porch.
Methodist
Wesleyan Chapel
Maps
Online maps of Foxham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: