Foxhall

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Foxhall

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The Suffolk place-name is from Old English foxhol (“foxhole”).

The Kirkliston place-name is a calque from Cumbric (compare Carlowrie).

proper noun

A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Soon we were climbing through New Mills and Foxhall, both of which are closed entirely, their buildings doing their bit to ease the housing problem, and Kilmacrenan was reached at four o'clock.
A hamlet in Farleigh Wallop parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6146).
A civil parish (served by Brightwell, Foxhall and Purdis Farm Joint Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, east of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district.
A hamlet in Kirkliston parish, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, traditionally in West Lothian (OS grid ref NT1374).
A hamlet in Llangwm community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9808).
A neighbourhood in north-western Washington, D.C., United States.

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@misc{foxhall_2026,
  title = {Foxhall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foxhall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}