Foxup

{{short description|Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.1860|-2.2025|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Foxup

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| population = 17

| civil_parish = Halton Gill

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton & Ripon

| post_town = SKIPTON

| postcode_district = BD23

| postcode_area = BD

| dial_code = 01756

| os_grid_reference = SD868767

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Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is {{convert|13|mi}} north west of Grassington.{{cite map |title = Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale |map = 98|year =2016 |scale =1:50,000 |series =Landranger |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn = 9780319261965}} Foxup is in the civil parish of Halton Gill.A proposal in 2011 to amalgamate the civil parishes of Halton Gill and Litton was not pursued. {{cite web|title=The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011|url=http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3957&p=0|website=Craven District Council|accessdate=1 October 2016|page=2|format=PDF|date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095311/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3957&p=0|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

The source of the River Skirfare starts here at the confluence of Foxup Beck and Cosh Beck.{{cite book|last1=Bagshaw|first1=Mike|title=Yorkshire Dales (Slow Travel)|date=2014|publisher=Bradt|location=Chalfont St Peter|isbn=978-1-84162-549-2|page=82|chapter=17: Littondale}} The bridge over Foxup Beck in the hamlet is 17th century and was listed Grade II in 1958.{{NHLE|num=1132181|desc=Foxup Bridge in front of Foxup Bridge Farm|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

The village marks the end of the main road through Littondale. There are a number of Public Footpaths and Bridleways in and around the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walks/walks/walk_b/1278/|title=Walk 1278 - Cosh & Foxup from Halton Gill|work=Walking Britain|accessdate= 1 October 2016}} The area is a mixture of sheep and beef farming.{{cite web|last1=Tunningley|first1=Claire|title=Upper Wharfe Sub-Catchment Evidence Pack for the Water Framework Directive|url=http://www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Upper-Wharfe-Sub-Catchment-Evidence-Pack.pdf|website=Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust|publisher=YDRT|accessdate=1 October 2016|format=PDF|date=20 March 2014}} Dairy farming is harder than in comparison to other locations further down the valley because of the limitations on grass types and transportation of dairy produce out of the area.{{cite news|last1=Benn|first1=Victoria|title=Littondale farmer follows the family tradition|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/11076497.Littondale_farmer_follows_the_family_tradition/|accessdate=1 October 2016|work=Craven Herald & Pioneer|date=15 March 2014}}

The name Foxup is of Old English origin, meaning "fox valley", from fox and hop "small enclosed valley", apparently in contrast to the adjacent valley of Cosh Beck, known as Harrop, meaning "hare valley".{{cite book|last=Smith|first=A. H.|authorlink=Albert Hugh Smith|title=The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire|volume=6|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1961|page=122}}

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Halton Gill, in Craven and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12815 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.