Foxley, Wiltshire

Description
Foxley, a parish in Wiltshire, on Akeman Street, near the boundary with Gloucester, 3 miles WSW of Malmesbury, and 8 N by W of Chippenham station on the G.W.R. Post town, Malmesbury, under Chippenham. Acreage, 1135; population, 96. The manor belonged to the Berkeleys, passed to the Ayliffes and the Foxes, and gave the title of Baron Foxley to Lord Holland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net yearly value, £147 with residence. The church is ancient, and contains some old monuments.