In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foxfield like this:
FOXFIELD, a railway station adjacent to the boundary between Cumberland and Lancashire; at the head of the Duddon estuary, ¾ of a mile SSW of Broughton-in-Furness. It is the junction station of the Whitehaven and Furness railway with the Furness, Ulverstone, and Lancaster railway.
Additional information about this locality is available for Broughton in Furness
Foxfield through time
Foxfield is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Foxfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foxfield, in South Lakeland and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24691
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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