FOXTON, a parish in the hundred of GARTREE,
county of LEICESTER, 3 miles (N.W. by W.) from Market-
Harborough, containing 383 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£7 3. 4., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. Andrew. There is a place of worship for Particular
Baptists. The Union canal runs through the village.