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Foxley (lost Settlement)
Foxley may refer to: Places * Foxley, Glasgow, Scotland * Foxley, Herefordshire, England * Foxley, Norfolk, England * Foxley, Staffordshire, England * Foxley, Wiltshire, England * Foxley River, Prince Edward Island, Canada Other uses * Foxley (surname) * Operation Foxley During World War II, Operation Foxley was a 1944 plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler, conceived by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Although detailed preparations were made, no attempt was made to carry out the plan. Prior plans One ..., a plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler See also * Foxley-Norris * " Galloping Foxley" {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxley, Herefordshire
Foxley is a Estate (land)#British context, rural estate, and the former Foxley Manor English country house, country seat, in Herefordshire, England. The Manor is associated with the judicial, political, artistic and later Nobility, ennobled Price family, and became the site of the Second World War Foxley Camp. Foxley estate, approximately north-west from the city and county town of Hereford, is mostly in the civil parish of Yazor, with the south-east part in Mansel Lacy, while also extending into parts of the parishes of Brinsop and Wormsley and Weobley. At the south-east border of Yazor parish, the former Foxley Manor house (), was centred on a radius between the village of Mansel Lacy at the south-east, and the largely depopulated settlements of Yazor at the west, Yarsop at the north-west, and Brinsop and Wormsley, Wormsley at the north-east.Extracted froFoxley, Herefordshire Get Outside, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 May 2023Extracted froFoxley Grid Reference Finder. Retrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxley, Norfolk
Foxley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Norwich and 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Fakenham. It covers an area of and had a population of 279 in 113 households at the 2001 census, increasing slightly to a population of 285 in 125 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council. The villages name means 'Fox wood/clearing'. The village is effectively divided into East and West Foxley by the A1067 road that was built as a bypass of it and the nearby village of Bawdeswell. The nearest rail station is at Norwich while the nearest major shopping complex is located in Holt, roughly 14 miles north of the village. Much of the nearby northern sea coast is part of the Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxley River, Prince Edward Island
Foxley River is a Canadian rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It derives its name from a local river which was named by Samuel Holland in 1765 for Henry Fox (1705–1774), the 1st Baron Holland of Foxley. The river flows northwest into Cascumpec Bay. Most of the early settlers to this community were from Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... and the family names in the community today reflect this heritage. Fishing and mixed farming are the main economic activities in the community. There are two churches in Foxley River: St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church and St Peter's Anglican Church. References #http://www.gov.pe.ca/placefinder/index.php3?city=Foxley%20River Communities in Prince County, Prince Edward Island {{Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxley (surname)
Foxley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alejandro Foxley (born 1939), Chilean economist and politician * Barbara Foxley (1860-1958), British academic and suffragist *Gordon Foxley (20th century), head of defence procurement at the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom * Ray Foxley (1928–2002), English jazz pianist *Thomas Foxley (c.1305 – 1360), English MP from Berkshire *Bill Foxley Squadron Leader William Geoffrey Foxley (17 August 1923 – 5 December 2010) was a trainee navigator with RAF Bomber Command during World War II who suffered severe burns following a crash. He was notable for the support he gave to other burns vi ... (1923–2010), World War II pilot {{surname, Foxley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Foxley
During World War II, Operation Foxley was a 1944 plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler, conceived by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Although detailed preparations were made, no attempt was made to carry out the plan. Prior plans One of the first actual British plans to assassinate Hitler was to bomb the special train "Amerika" (in 1943 renamed "Brandenburg") he travelled in; SOE had extensive experience of derailing trains using explosives. The plan was dropped because Hitler's schedule was too irregular and unpredictable: stations were informed of his arrival only a few minutes beforehand. Another plan was to put some tasteless but lethal poison in the drinking water supply on Hitler's train. However, this plan was considered too complicated because of the need for an inside man. Plan Ultimately a sniper attack was considered to be the method most likely to succeed. In the summer of 1944, a German who had been part of Hitler's personal guard at the Berghof had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
