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  Foxton | British History Online
In 1610 it was said that the copyholders at Foxton were claiming that the fines that they were liable to pay when their holdings changed hands by sale or inheritance amounted to one year's rent only, the rents being fixed.
A grant of a windmill at Foxton to Daventry Priory was confirmed by Richard son of Simon of Foxton, apparently in the late 12th century.
Foxton appears to have had a workhouse, but in 1802-3 only 3 people were relieved there; 31 adults and 45 children received out-relief.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22047   (5617 words)

  
 Foxton, New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foxton is a town in the North Island of New Zealand.
Foxton is the oldest settlement in the southern Manawatu, although it was not always sited where it currently is. The original site of the town was to the east, closer to the present town of Shannon in 1842.
The central government originally intended for Foxton to be on the route of the main line from Wellington to Auckland via Palmerston North and a tramway linking Foxton and Palmerston North was upgraded into the Foxton Branch railway in the 1870s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foxton,_New_Zealand   (390 words)

  
 Foxton on Moss - Praemal
The trees surrounding Foxton have been cut back to create pasture land, and the biggest greenest hill in the area actually rises in the center of town, and is the communal sheep meadow Midwood Green.
Foxton on Moss has a paved village center, and the road leading on to Middleborough is likewise paved.
Natives of Foxton on Moss are often have Fox as a surname.
www.lby3.com /dnd/index.php/Foxton_on_Moss   (327 words)

  
 Foxton* Technology Pushes Processor Frequency, Application Performance
The goal of Foxton Technology is for the processor to maximize the performance of each operation, and of the overall application, per watt of available power.
Foxton Technology is designed to provide performance benefits to all applications, but in general, enterprise applications tend to benefit more than technical applications.
Foxton Technology, featured in the upcoming Montecito processor, measures power every eight microseconds and adjusts clock speed between a base and a maximum frequency.
www.intel.com /technology/magazine/computing/foxton-technology-0905.htm   (930 words)

  
 Foxton 'De Molen' Windmill
Foxton willl have it's annual Spring Fling on the third of September this year with several new attractions, including of course our mill, decorated and wind conditions permitting, in full flight.
This was held on the 11th of August at the Foxton Memorial hall and attended by some 25 members, including members who are interested in establishing a bakery and a Dutch museum on the council owned land surrounding the mill.
General business was confined to the reappointment of all committee members and auditor, the tabling of the president's report and the audited accounts, March 2005, which incorporated a change in accounting policy, from receipts and payments to an accrual basis.
www.enterprisecoastnz.com /pages/foxtonwindmill   (362 words)

  
 Foxton, Justin Fox Greenlaw (1849 - 1916) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
FOXTON, JUSTIN FOX GREENLAW (1849-1916), politician, barrister and soldier, was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne, son of Captain John Greenlaw Foxton, accountant and former naval officer, and his wife Isabel Elizabeth, née Potts.
Foxton had come to believe that 'as a matter of strict morals our obligations to the Aboriginals … are of a higher, more exacting nature than those we owe to our own … We are the interlopers, not they'; he also believed in the 'civilizing' influence of religious instruction.
Foxton was usually known, both formally and satirically, as 'Colonel' Foxton, a title he gained by over thirty years service in the militia; he ended his military career in 1912 as commandant of the Queensland Brigade of the Field Artillery with the C.M.G. (1903) and the Volunteer Officers' Decoration.
www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A080586b.htm   (950 words)

  
 Foxton
In addition the 1851 Census for Foxton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Foxton, St. Lawrence: Records of baptisms 1699-1977, marriages 1694-1974, burials 1678-1927, and banns 1754-1823 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for baptisms 1599-1680, 1695-1891, marriages 1599-1680, 1693-1892 and burials 1599-1680, 1678-1891.
A full description of Foxton and its history over the last 20 centuries can be found on the village website.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/CAM/Foxton   (338 words)

  
 Foxton - Birthplace of the Manawatu
Foxton and Foxton Beach are sister communities, situated on State Highway 1, 30 minutes from Palmerston North and 90 minutes north of the Capital City - Wellington.
Foxton is a thriving township with local and national branded businesses, and is home to a number of unique tourist attractions.
Foxton is the home of NZ's horse-drawn tram plus an audio visual, sound and movie museum; tram and trolley bus museum; flax stripper museum; doll museum; dutch windmill and more.
foxton.org.nz   (339 words)

  
 Bruce Foxton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bruce Foxton is an English rock and roll musician (born 1 September 1955 in Woking, Surrey) who is best remembered as the bass player in punk/new wave bands The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers.
Foxton did, however, take lead vocals on a few tracks, most notably the singles "David Watts" (a cover of a Kinks track) and "News Of The World", which was his own composition.
Foxton did pen a few other tracks, possibly the most notable being "Smithers-Jones", done as a straightforward rock take for the B-side of "When You're Young" and later reworked with strings for the Setting Sons LP.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bruce_Foxton   (342 words)

  
 FOXTON - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Foxton is situated on the northern bank of the Manawatu River in the lower basin on the Manawatu Plain and about 3 miles inland from the sea.
By road Foxton is 24 miles south-west of Palmerston North, 12 miles north of Levin, and 10 miles northwest of Shannon.
Foxton Beach (3 miles west), on the north bank at the mouth of the Manawatu River, is a popular marine resort.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/F/Foxton/Foxton   (715 words)

  
 Foxton Locks
Foxton Locks are located at the village of Foxton near Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
Road access is best from the Foxton Locks Country Park car park (£1 per car), from where it is a short walk along the towpath of the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal to the top lock.
Four Seasons enters the second of the ten Foxton locks, which are arranged in two staircases of five each, with a passing pound between the two staircases.
www.luphen.org.uk /public/2003/2003foxtonlocks.htm   (559 words)

  
 Foxton Locks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton.
Foxton Locks are the largest flight of such staircase locks on the English canal system.
In the building alongside the locks, the former boiler house for the plane's steam engine, there is a small museum covering the history of the locks and the plane, and other aspects of the local canal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foxton_Locks   (599 words)

  
 Foxton Locks :: Information For Boaters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Foxton has been an important boating centre for 200 years.
It is the point where two canals in the north-south water route meet: a unique canal landmark and a charming site in itself, which is one of the highlights of a boating holiday.
There is so much to do at Foxton, we would suggest you moor up and take time to explore the site.
www.foxtonlocks.com /sections/boaters   (97 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These breedings resulted in Foxton Pegasus, a silver/bay dapple that was gelded; Foxton Felicia, a silver-dapple/fl, who was kept as a brood mare; and Foxton Persuasion, a gelding, who was a chestnut like his dam.
Foxton Bandido (Foxton Teton x Angelique of Wyolite) is a large bay gelding born in 1982.
Foxton Debonair (from SH Bonnie Belle) and Foxton Black Jack (from Foxton Quotation) were both sold to Carroll Whiting of Kanas in January 1995.
www.foxtonmorgans.com /page16.html   (7332 words)

  
 Foxton, South Dakota SD, township profile (Clark County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Foxton was $23,433, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Foxton, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $125.
The average commute time for Foxton workers is 21 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=277344   (433 words)

  
 biblecamp.org
Foxton Bible Camp was established in 1961 primarily to facilitate an annual Family Camp.
Foxton township is being developed as an historical town and offers horse-drawn tram and trolley bus rides, Dutch windmill, flax museum, and an Audiovisual Museum.
Foxton Beach School is the site of an astronomical observatory.
www.foxton.biblecamp.org.nz   (191 words)

  
 About Foxton
Foxton, "The birthplace of the Manawatu", originally known as Te Awahou, was settled in 1848 by the first European settlers.
Foxton has three Primary Schools and a Secondary College, while a further Pimary School can be found at Foxton Beach.
Foxton Beach has continued to be a popular 'Holiday Resort' with boat launching facilities in the river and swimming, surfing etc. taking place on the beach.
www.foxton.org.nz /about01.html   (695 words)

  
 L.J. Hooker Foxton Real Estate - Real Estate New Zealand - Property and Homes for Sale, Rental Property - Real Estate ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Foxton is located in the Horowhenua District on the west coast of the mid-to-lower North Island.
It is 20 kilometres north of Levin and 6 kilometres inland from Foxton Beach.
Foxton has a very close-knit community; it works together fundraising and carrying out local projects and is friendly and caring.
www.ljhooker.co.nz /real-estate/foxton-real-estate-nth.html   (285 words)

  
 PADDLE DAY 46 - Foxton Creek - A Late Season Treat
The Foxton run is easy to scout from a dirt road parallel to the creek, so we drove along checking out the rapids.
The most technical part of the run is at the beginning so it is convenient to unload and take your time checking out the top part before putting your boat in the water.
Just like Foxton Creek, Waterton is said to flow late in the season when Denver needs water.
www.savagesnow.com /whitewater_kayaking/pdhtml_kayak_paddling/pd046_kayaking_foxton_creek.html   (905 words)

  
 Realty Times - Agent News and Advice
Foxton's John Hunt, the owner of Foxton's UK was impressed with the model, and he invested 20 million for significant ownership and changed the name to YHD Foxton's.
Foxton's business model is transitioning to a full service three percent model, says Davis.
To bring the model forward, Foxton's hires agents as employees, but doesn't recruit from the industry, instead finding candidates among sales professionals in other fields.
realtytimes.com /rtapages/20040917_foxtons.htm   (892 words)

  
 Museum
Models, interactive displays, and a wide range of waterway artefacts tell the story of the lift, the Locks, the waterways and the people who lived on the canals.
Foxton Canal Museum was opened in 1989 and is situated in the Boiler House of the lift which was reconstructed by Trust Volunteers.
We are proud to say that the museum has won a number of awards, amongst them 3 Leicestershire Heritage Awards and a highly commended in the prestigious, nationally based, Gulbenkian Awards.
www.fipt.org.uk /museum.html   (265 words)

  
 Foxton New Zealand
Foxton is a great place to visit, to holiday or to make it your hometown.
The Manawatu River and the Beach are part of Foxton.
Foxton is easy to find, Foxton is just a bit north of Wellington, New Zealand, on state highway one.
www.angelfire.com /ex/foxton/index2.htm   (128 words)

  
 Foxton
Foxton is not typical of the small New Zealand town in that it owes little of its existence to the surrounding farmland.
It's beginnings are linked with the Bible, the first European to settle here was a Presbyterian minister; the shop counter, and transport in the mid to late 1800s.
Flax was also important to the growth of the town — at one time 50 mills were operating within a 16 km radius of Foxton.
www.enterprisecoastnz.com /our_region/horowhenua/foxton   (143 words)

  
 Foxton, Harold Floyd and Evelyn Anne - Huntsville Forester
Foxton was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. on April 4, 1934, the daughter of Edward and Evelyn Jackson.
Foxton was born in Wingham, Ontario on March 12, 1933, the son of Herbert and Myrtle Foxton.
Foxton is survived by her sister Marie Cecile Farnier and brother Richard Gibson.
www.huntsvilleforester.com /1154529705   (280 words)

  
 Historical Illustrations
The canal at Foxton is part of a north south link stretching from London to the river Trent.
The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust was formed in 1980 and its ultimate aim is to restore the lift to working order.
This section describes the Foxton site as it is today and compares what is there today with what was there when the Inclined Plane was operating.
www.ipresent.co.uk /foxton.html   (388 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Cambridgeshire - Foxton
Son of Charles and Hannah Impey, of Foxton, nr.
Son of Alfred and Hannah Worland, of Foxton, Herts.
Son of Wilmot and Ann Haynes, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire.
www.roll-of-honour.com /Cambridgeshire/Foxton.html   (649 words)

  
 Bruce Foxton : Touch Sensitive (Arista) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
For Foxton, following up the Jam's incredible success must have been a nerve-wracking situation, especially since he was not the main songwriter in the band (only a handful of Foxton tracks exist in the Jam's catalog).
Instead, Foxton served up an album of top-notch pop songs with hooks galore...although you do need to get past the album's opener ("Freak") to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
Surely, if Foxton had come from nowhere and recorded this (a la Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, etc.), he'd most likely still be remembered for a fine album.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,88293,00.html   (386 words)

  
 Foxton, New Zealand
Most of the trade in the trading post at the mouth of the river was in flax and timber.
When the railroad was built a long way from Foxton, however, the town's development came to a standstill.
There are a number of historic buildings in Foxton's main street.
www.planetware.com /new-zealand/foxton-nz-mw-fox.htm   (102 words)

  
 Foxton Forties Festival
The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust was established in 1980 to promote the restoration of the Foxton Inclined Plane Boat Lift.
The Foxton Locks Partnership was established in 1996.
The Partnership is chaired by British Waterways and includes: The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust, The Inland Waterways Association, Old Union Canals Society, The Waterways Trust, Harborough District Council, Foxton Parish Council, Leicestershire County Council, English Heritage, and East Midlands Development Agency.
marketharboroughonline.co.uk /pp/pressrelease/pressDetail.asp?ID=3761   (514 words)

  
 Foxton Locks :: Website Terms and Conditions
The Foxton Locks Partnership does not endorse, approve, certify or control these external sites, nor any product or service referred to on them and consequently does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of any material and information appearing on such websites or the quality of any goods or services for sale.
9.1 The Foxton Locks Partnership will not be liable to its users or any third party for any indirect or consequential loss or damage, or for any loss of data, profit, revenue or business, howsoever caused (whether arising out of any negligence or breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use or otherwise).
You may not without the written consent of the Foxton Locks Partnership assign or dispose of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
www.foxtonlocks.com /terms.php   (1602 words)

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