FOXTON, a parish in the hundred of THRIPLOW,
county of CAMBRIDGE, 6 miles (S. S.W.) from Cambridge,
containing 368 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, rated
in the king's books at £11. 2. 11., and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Ely. The church, erected about the
year 1456, is dedicated to St. Lawrence. A market
and two fairs were anciently held here; one fair is still
held at Easter.