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FOXCOTE, a village in Ilmington parish, Warwick; 4¼ miles W of Shipston-on-Stour. The estate around it belonged, in the time of Henry VI., to Sir William Montfort; went to the Marshalls; and passed to the Cannings, -of whom was the famous premier, the Right Hon. George Canning.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ilmington CP/AP Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Foxcote |
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