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Fox House, South Yorkshire
Public house in South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fox House is a 17th-century Grade-II listed Inn,[1] located near the Longshaw Estate in the Peak District, near the border between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire in northern England.[2][3] The building is situated on the A6187 road.[4][5][6]
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Location within South Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SK272805 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Sheffield |
Postcode district | S11 |
Dialling code | 01433 |
Police | South Yorkshire |
Fire | South Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
53.321°N 1.591°W / 53.321; -1.591 |
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The inn was named for Mr Fox of Callow Farm in Highlow.
Nearby on Houndkirk Moor, a starfish site, an illuminated night-time decoy, was created during the Second World War to simulate Sheffield and divert German bomber attacks.[7]