Foxhall, Suffolk

Civil parish in England

Human settlement in England

Foxhall

Foxhall Village Sign

Foxhall

Location within Suffolk

Population| 200 (2011 census)
Civil parish|

* Foxhall

District|

* East Suffolk

Shire county|

* Suffolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Ipswich
Postcode district| IP10
Police| Suffolk
Fire| Suffolk
Ambulance| East of England
UK Parliament|

* Suffolk Coastal

Website| www.foxhall.suffolk.gov.uk

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Suffolk

52°02′04″N 1°14′17″E﻿ / ﻿52.034574°N 1.237974°E﻿ / 52.034574; 1.237974

Foxhall is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England a few miles east of Ipswich. It is adjacent to the parishes of Kesgrave to the north, Martlesham to the northeast, Brightwell to the east, Purdis Farm to the south and the borough of Ipswich to the west. The three parishes of Brightwell, Foxhall and Purdis Farm have a common council. The 2001 population was 151 persons in 57 households according to the census,[1] the population having increased at the 2011 Census to 200.[2]

Foxhall was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Foxehola".[3] The history and meaning ('fox-hole') of the name Foxhall and many other place-names in the parish are studied in a paper by Keith Briggs.[4] The survey mentions 1 holding under Foxhall: 15 acres valued at 2 shillings held by the Abbot of Ely. Under the heading of "Derneford", "which is no doubt Darnford in Foxhall, there was 80 acres and 2 acres of meadow, 3 bordars in Saxon times having 4 plough-teams when it was valued at 40 shillings, but at the time of the survey 3 plough-teams only, when it was valued at 15 shillings."

On the heath are several springs which flow into the Bucklesham Mill River, a tributary of the River Deben. All Saints’ Church stood north of this river; it was in ruins by the mid-16th century. Much of this church building survives; the north wall is mainly intact and can still be seen put to a new use as part of the barn of Foxhall Farm. It stands at the top of a slope overlooking one of the backroads that link Foxhall Road with Bucklesham Road. Two enormous buttresses give the game away, as well as an expanse of flint amongst the red-brick. In 1530, Foxhall became an ecclesiastical hamlet to Brightwell.

Despite its name the Foxhall Stadium, the home stadium of the Ipswich Witches speedway team is actually just across the parish boundary in Kesgrave. The stadium is run by Spedeworth UK Ltd, stock car promoters.

More recently the banger racing Unlimited World Final has been staged here since its move from the Plough Lane venue in London. The World Final was first held at Foxhall in 2008 and proved to be a successful event. The World Final is predicted to stay at Foxhall due to the LEZ emission laws enforced in and around London, making it difficult for many racers to transport their cars to the track.

The stadium opened in the mid-1950s and has been in continuous operation since.

Within the parish is the Nuffield Ipswich Hospital, a modern purpose-built hospital set in twenty acres of woodland.

The village once had its own beer house (brewery with pub attached) called the Waddling Duck, long since demolished.[5]

There is a caravan site at Hollies Farm.

Foxhall is commonly thought of as a village because of its history and because many relatively modern houses have been built along the part of Bucklesham Road that lies in the parish. However, it is just an area with a few houses bearing the name 'Foxhall'.

## References

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1. ^ "Foxhall Parish". Retrieved 28 November 2010.
2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. ^ "The Domesday Book Online Suffolk F-H". Retrieved 28 November 2010.
4. ^ Briggs, Keith "The place-names of Foxhall in Suffolk", Journal of the English Place-name Society, volume 42, 31-42 (2010)
5. ^ "Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale]".

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Towns|

* Aldeburgh
* Beccles
* Bungay
* Carlton Colville
* Felixstowe
* Halesworth
* Kesgrave
* Leiston
* Lowestoft
* Orford
* Saxmundham
* Southwold
* Woodbridge

Civil parishes|

* Alderton
* Aldringham cum Thorpe
* All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham
* Badingham
* Barnby
* Barsham
* Bawdsey
* Benacre
* Benhall
* Blaxhall
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* Brandeston
* Bredfield
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* Bromeswell
* Bruisyard
* Bucklesham
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* Campsey Ash
* Capel St Andrew
* Charsfield
* Chediston
* Chillesford
* Clopton
* Cookley
* Corton
* Covehithe
* Cransford
* Cratfield
* Cretingham
* Culpho
* Dallinghoo
* Darsham
* Debach
* Dennington
* Dunwich
* Earl Soham
* Easton
* Ellough
* Eyke
* Falkenham
* Farnham
* Flixton (Lothingland)
* Flixton (the Saints)
* Foxhall
* Framlingham
* Friston
* Frostenden
* Gedgrave
* Gisleham
* Great Bealings
* Great Glemham
* Grundisburgh
* Hacheston
* Hasketon
* Hemley
* Henstead with Hulver Street
* Heveningham
* Hollesley
* Holton
* Hoo
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* Iken
* Ilketshall St Andrew
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* Ilketshall St Lawrence
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* Kessingland
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* Peasenhall
* Pettistree
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* Purdis Farm
* Ramsholt
* Redisham
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* Rendlesham
* Reydon (Easton Bavents)
* Ringsfield
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* Saxtead
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* Snape
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* Sotherton
* Sotterley
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* Spexhall
* St Cross, South Elmham
* St James, South Elmham
* St Margaret, South Elmham
* St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield
* St Michael, South Elmham
* St Peter, South Elmham
* Sternfield
* Stratford St Andrew
* Stratton Hall
* Sudbourne
* Sutton
* Sutton Heath
* Sweffling
* Swilland
* Theberton
* Thorington
* Trimley St Martin
* Trimley St. Mary
* Tuddenham St Martin
* Tunstall
* Ubbeston
* Ufford
* Uggeshall
* Walberswick
* Waldringfield
* Walpole
* Wangford with Henham
* Wantisden
* Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet
* Westerfield
* Westhallilk
* Westleton
* Weston
* Wickham Market
* Willingham St Mary
* Wissett
* Witnesham
* Worlingham
* Wrentham
* Yoxford

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* Aldringham
* All Saints' South Elmham
* Ashby
* Brampton
* Carlton
* Eastbridge
* Gunton
* Henham
* Henstead
* Herringfleet
* Hulver Street
* Kelsale
* Kirkley
* Mells
* Minsmere
* Pakefield
* Sizewell
* Somerleyton
* St Nicholas South Elmham
* Stoven
* Thorpeness
* Walton
* Wangford
* Wenhaston

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* 2019 East Suffolk District Council election

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* Aldeburgh
* Beccles
* Brandon
* Bungay
* Bury St Edmunds
* Clare
* Eye
* Felixstowe
* Framlingham
* Hadleigh
* Halesworth
* Haverhill
* Ipswich
* Kesgrave
* Leiston
* Lowestoft
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* Sudbury
* Woodbridge
See also: List of civil parishes in Suffolk

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