page_title: Norton, Wiltshire
section_title: Foxley
hierarchical_section_title: Norton, Wiltshire / Religious sites / Foxley
caption_attribution_description: English: Foxley parish church, Wiltshire, seen from the southwest
context_page_description: Norton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3.5 miles southwest of Malmesbury. The parish includes the hamlets of Foxley and Bremilham.
  The Sherston branch of the Bristol Avon forms the north boundary of the parish.
context_section_description: There was a church at Foxley in the 12th century or earlier, perhaps linked to Malmesbury Abbey. There was a rector by 1300. The small church, which has no dedication, is built of coursed rubble with some herringbone masonry. Thirteenth-century work survives in the north arcade and the font is from the same period.
  The church was altered and re-roofed in the 15th century, and the tower built or rebuilt. In the 17th century the south aisle and north chapel were demolished, and around 1708 the south porch with stone pediment was added. A clock by Charles Frodsham & Co was installed in the tower in 1873. The interior of the church was renovated in the early 20th century; it was recorded as Grade I listed in 1959.
  In 1874 the benefice was authorized to be united with Bremilham, and this became effective in 1893; by that time parishioners of Bremilham attended Foxley church. From 1951 the benefice of Foxley with Bremilham was held in plurality with that of Corston with Rodbourne.
caption: Foxley church
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