Mrs. Beatrice McClellan White (1898 – 1969), of Longbridge Deverill, writing in 1960 on the subject of Crockerton, noted:
In the 17th century, Foxholes was, according to old maps, much larger than now and consisted of at least one large house and fourteen cottages, which included a rack of cottages on the west side of the Warminster road under the wood – at least four cottages. I can well recollect when the ground was let as allotments; these were probably the gardens to the old cottages.
There is also a rather unsightly galvanised iron building there. This was built by public subscription as a Men’s Reading Room and Church Room. It was built in 1891 by Carson & Toone of Warminster, at a cost of about £120. It is now used as a Parish Hall. Prior to the Reading Room being built, the middle classroom (now the kitchen) of Longbridge School, was used as a Reading Room.